Reflection for a Maelstrom With[out]in
Yes. No. This. That. Fear. Courage. Anger. Compassion. Confusion. Clarity. Blame. Empathy. Which one is the true characteristic? When the...
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true beauty is good
a way of inquiry
True beauty is good. Or is it? What is truth? What is good? What is beauty? Beauty is a restrictive and often problematic aesthetic. And what about “is”? What is it to exist? To be? Truebeautyisgood invites these questions. The name truebeautyisgood is a shorthand for the four fields of inquiry in classical philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics. The questions asked above, “What is truth? What is good? What is beauty? What is? What is existence?,” are pivotal questions that the four fields ask. They pose questions to which human beings are providing answers at nearly every moment of life. Human beings act on answers to these questions, and the answers are most often held as unseen assumptions as to how things, people, and the world really are. Truebeautyisgood applies a pragmatic lens, like Williams James, to the questions of philosophy as they are lived and answered by human beings today. This method included approaches found in both philosophy and religious studies; another way of conveying this approach is to say that truebeautyisgood applied the methods of religious studies to the questions of philosophy.
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Practicing with Emotions in Meditation
We often expect that meditation practice will make our lives better, more comfortable, or easier. Practitioners and teachers through the...
Mindfulness Meditation: Beginning Instruction
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness possesses two qualities. The first is vivid present moment awareness, often described as non-judgmental....
Beyond the Discipline: The Religious Nature of Self and the World in Classical Economics
Abstract: Classical economics and the generations of subsequent economists view human beings as rational, self-interested actors who...
STAR WARS: a discussion on its impact
The first Truebeautyisgood roundtable, "STAR WARS: a discussion on its impact," is now streaming. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTyzoK...
Lived Answers to Philosophy: an introduction to the truebeautyisgood roundtable series
Human beings live answers to the questions of philosophy on a moment to moment basis. These lived answers arise from the totality of our...
Meditation Instruction
Every Thursday there are two free Meditation Instruction sessions per week @ 9:00 AM EST and @ 9:30 EST. I welcome those in any time...
Prescriptive and Descriptive Approaches
Philosophy as a discipline inquires into “What is truth? What is good? What is beauty? What is existence? The disciplines within...
What does Meditation have to do with Philosophy?
The Buddhist Philosophical tradition places unique emphasis on epistemology. Much of the evidence for and examination of epistemology...
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