The Pragmatic Truth of Existentialism
With culture wars focusing more on the nature of truth, the time is ripe to consider the connection between pragmatism and existentialism.
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Essential Reading
Alone in One of Nature’s Threshold Places
The most fortifying experiences in nature are often found in lonely, transitional zones. But what is the reality of these threshold places?
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The Power of One Idea
William James offers a way to evaluate the fruitfulness of ideas by tethering them to the common ground of lived experience.
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To Tread Lightly in Thin Places
A former barefoot guru explores the difficulty in articulating the experience of a spiritual emergency amid societal upheavals.
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Existentialism in Children’s Film
Children’s films tend to emphasize the role of destiny or chance, but existential themes can be found in a few that highlight the importance of agency and defining the meaning of one’s own life.
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Our Sacred-Scientific, Psychedelic Future
Fears halted research on psychotropic compounds in the 60s. The Second Psychedelic Renaissance is now validating their psychological benefits.
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