science
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Here’s a quick post demystifying the process by which we’re scientifically bootstrapping our way out of our minds’ and brains’ black boxes into better and better self-knowledge. 1. We identify types of human cognition that are of interest to us. For example, analogical reasoning. Once you’ve learned about it, it’s shocking how analogy underlies almost…
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I would like to take a moment to consider how we think about ourselves, and what sort of language we use to describe ourselves. Sometimes we talk about ourselves like we’re static objects Self-reflexive or meta-cognitive statements such as “I think…,” “I believe…,” or “I feel…”, are crucial for thinking about oneself, but they are…
The Trinitarian Mystery 