Merry Monday! It’s no secret that JustHeath likes both psychology and biology—heck, he even majored in both of ‘em. Whereas psychology can been conceptualized as the study of human behavior, biology can be understood as the infrastructure of said behavior. Today, I’m going to tell readers a little bit about the curious case of Phineas… Continue reading Phineas Gage
Atheist Week
It’s a small and entirely symbolic gesture, but each week for the past few years I’ve participated in A-Week, a cause which consists of changing one’s Facebook profile photo to support the movement and show that one is an atheist. Why bother? Atheists are more discriminated against in the U.S. than any other group. First,… Continue reading Atheist Week
A Personal Story: Escaping Debt and Simplifying Finances
Perhaps one of the most difficult areas of creating a more simple life is getting one’s finances under control. In the U.S. particularly, many people seem to always expand their standard of living to just beyond their means, which piles on debt. There’s also an overwhelming amount of financial advice available, often conflicting. Sorting through it… Continue reading A Personal Story: Escaping Debt and Simplifying Finances
WEIRD Culture and Psychology
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! One of my colleagues at my place of vocation recently sent an article my way that I found very intriguing, and I wanted to recommend it to readers of Philosophy Matters. wrote about the psychological, anthropological, and economical studies of Joseph Henrich, . These researchers from the University… Continue reading WEIRD Culture and Psychology
Meditations of Descartes
A look at Descartes’ Meditations, with particular emphasis on epistemology.
On Simplifying
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working hard to continue simplifying my life, and I wanted to share some of the things I’ve done and my reflections on the process. Living Space LKAwesome and I realized that we essentially moved from a combined 9 bedrooms worth of living space into 2. To achieve this,… Continue reading On Simplifying
The Johari Window
Today, I’m going to offer a slight follow-up to last week’s posting about personality. There are many different models for what the personality is and how it works, and most of them will make sense to most readers. Let’s look through the Johari Window. I believe I was first exposed to the Johari Window in… Continue reading The Johari Window
An Educational Philosophy Contrast
vs. In what may be described as an overzealous use of the library, my first trip to Wake County libraries consisted of searching for “Montessori” and checking out every in-stock book that appeared. While mostly successful, a few books that weren’t really Montessori related slipped under the radar, namely Amy WIlson’s In… Continue reading An Educational Philosophy Contrast
Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology: What’s Your Type?
Hello there! Recently I’ve been conducting a good many presentations and workshops about personality. So today, I thought I’d briefly and simply outline one of the models for individual differences that makes sense to me: Jung’s psychological types. Carl Gustav Jung was the originator of analytical psychology after he parted ways with his longtime mentor,… Continue reading Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology: What’s Your Type?
The Montessori Diet and the Pace of Science
I recently reviewed Maria Montessori’s . Although there were some interesting ideas about pedagogy, the other element that stood out was how outdated some of the science discussed has become. Although this occurred in several different spots, it was most prominent in the section on nutrition. For example: The diet of little children must be rich in… Continue reading The Montessori Diet and the Pace of Science