BEING AND BECOMING

Disappearance of questions is the pre-condition of artificial certainty. Therefore, it is profitable investment to establish and sustain the belief industry. This industry produces the efficient Man whose substratum is not the divine soul or mental faculty but a non-thinking mind which militantly conform the group solidarity of the masses. When answers are easily available and generated by the Artificial Intelligence, who will take the pain for thinking and unthinking or deliberating to develop logical capacity or for establishing the paradigm of truth? As Ashis Nandy explains the creative process which requires to meditate with the questions and to remain with the questions for a longer period of time to create and unveil the mask of deception. The artistry in epistemic creativity necessitates the patience caring of the questions. The cultivation and exploration of questions and mitigated skepticism to unravel what is said and unsaid, the expressions and silences. Even so called Dark ...

I Introduction: Situating the Critique of Western Modernity In an era defined by rapid technological acceleration and deepening socio-political divides, a critical examination of the foundational philosophical tenets of Western modernity is not merely an academic exercise but a strategic necessity. It is within this context that Boaventura de Sousa Santos, an Emeritus Professor of Sociology, offers a potent and timely intervention. In his work, "I do not think, therefore I am," Santos presents a compelling critique that inverts Descartes' famous dictum to diagnose a profound contemporary crisis. The text's central thesis posits that the core principles of Western modernity, derived from Cartesian philosophy, are not only historically and culturally situated as Eurocentric but have degenerated into a pathological contemporary state. This state is marked by the dominance of neoliberal individualism, a "great disarmament" of cognitive and critical faculties, an...

I Introduction: Bridging Physiology and Psychology William James, in his landmark work The Principles of Psychology, provides a foundational framework connecting the brain's physiological mechanisms to the purposive, selective, and unified nature of conscious mental life. This blog analyzes James’s synthesis, which grounds psychological phenomena in the material workings of the nervous system without reducing consciousness to a mere epiphenomenon. We will explore his hierarchical model of the brain, which evolves from simple reflex actions in the lower nerve centers to the complex, deliberative functions of the cerebrum. Key themes include the role of the cerebrum as an organ of foresight and prudence, the physiological mechanism of habit as the process by which experience physically imprints itself upon the brain’s plastic matter, and consciousness's essential function as a “selecting agency” that is causally efficacious in steering the organism toward its own interests. Ultim...