In everyday language, mental health has become a catch-all for everything that hurts inside. Depression, anxiety, burnout, even heartbreak all get bundled under the phrase “mental illness.” But that phrase is misleading. It hides an important truth: thinking can be healthy while feeling is sick. We need two categories, not one. Mental illness and emotional … Continue reading Mental Illness is NOT Emotional Illness – Here’s the Difference
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Do not deny the sun.
A very important rule for epistemology. Truth will never actually contradict basically observable reality. So if your logic seems to contradict it, it means your logic is incorrect.
My Epistemology – How to Find and Investigate Truth
🧱 There Are Only Two Ultimate Kinds of Proof 1. Observation (Empirical or Phenomenological) Direct experience—either of the external world (empirical) or of consciousness itself (phenomenological).No matter how subtle or internal, it’s still a form of seeing. Examples: “I see plants growing toward light” → physical observation “I feel desire pulling me toward comfort” → … Continue reading My Epistemology – How to Find and Investigate Truth
30 Universal Questions to Examine Any Philosophical Claim or Model
These are to be used not just for the self—but for all metaphysical, epistemological, moral, or ontological claims.
