Monthly Archives: October 2008

Emotion as a mental process

Western societies of course tend to prioritize reason over emotion. Yet, if we interpret emotion as a mental process in the same way that we interpret conscious reasoning as a mental process, then can it not be argued that rationality is really a measure of ignorance and that irrationality, especially when driven by emotion, is [...]

The dilemma of a personal aesthetic

Personal aesthetic is often expressed in the form of, “I know what I like.” Alternatively, you might hear something like, “I know good art when I see it.” In other words, art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Moreover, this sentiment tells us, we can be sure that what each of us [...]

Absolute free will

Suppose there is a multiverse where all possible events occur. This seems to imply that there is a limit to the number of possible events. Yet, if there is such a limit, then our degrees of freedom would seem to be likewise limited, which precludes any notion of free will as unlimited.