If I see one mistake cropping up repeatedly in social discourse and our personal lives its the belief that the world has to fit our beliefs and expectations. What do I mean by this? Consider an everyday scenario: Caught in a traffic jam. We think, ‘It should not be happening like this!’ Our expectations are … Read more
One paradox I keep coming across in my life is the Sorties paradox, also known as The fallacy of the Heap.It was a gateway for me to an understanding of Buddhism. It’s a paradox that’s found in literature and art and one that shows up in philosophy of knowledge. Loki In Norse myths, the trickster … Read more
‘I don’t know where the artificial stops and the real starts’ Andy Warhol In the post The Map is not the Terrain I explain why our ideas about reality are not reality, yet here I wanted to unpack what is meant by Map, in the Map vs Territory dichotomy. Below it outlines what encompass the … Read more
‘We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.’ Picasso It says ‘This is Not a Pipe?‘ but that makes no … Read more