When it comes to man, true can never be 100% true.
Some say: "The only thing we know for sure is that we will die". Even that cannot be 100% true because who says that, one day, it will not be possible not to die, thanks to future medical, genetic breakthroughs?
When it comes to man, the first truth comes, in the first place, to "desire".
Let's consider the following case.
John has a pen in front of him. He is a fit person with no disabilities. There is nothing in the way that could prevent him from lifting the pen. There is no string attached to the situation of him lifting the pen or not. He is free to lift it or not.
Is the proposition "John is able to lift the pen" true or false?
Many people will say yes. They all have enough evidence or facts to say yes. They have a justified true belief. Still, they all could be wrong if something unexpected happens, anything you can think of, between the moment they say "yes" and the moment John tries to lift the pen to show the people that they are right.
Because John is free, he can decide to lift it up or not.
For the proposition to be true, people will have to wait until the moment he actually lifts the pen, in order for them to say that "John is able to lift the pen" is true.
This kind of knowledge is accessible to all living organisms.
So, the final answer depends on John: the "ability to lift the pen" depends on his will to show people that he can lift it. Truth depends on a desire to exercise a willingness.
Is there a logic behind desiress? If the answer is yes, which I believe, then the epistemological approach should also cover the principle of desire in addition to the principle of truth.
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Alphaphorism
Alphaphorism is a philosophical project which originated from the idea that concepts such as finalities, meanings, ..., i.e. informations which do not consume energy in the physics sense of the word energy, can be a source of imaginary energy.
The project claims to be a scientific project in the primary (Greek) sense of the word "science".
The objective of Alphaphorism is to try to build additional philosophical knowledge in order to discover new emergent properties in the process of thinking (logos).
The planned operative scheme will be based on interconnections with other fields such as natural and human sciences, arts, religions.
Origin of the word Alphaphorism:
From alphaphor which is a new word constructed from the word metaphor (meaning; ' carrying an image') in which the prefix 'meta' is replaced by 'alpha'.
Meta means image.
Alpha is meant to be more than an image.
In thermodynamics, for example, an image or 'information' does not consume energy:
Phor (from Greek phoreus) means 'carrier'.
Alphaphor means: which transports alpha. In other words, zero is more than zero:
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The project claims to be a scientific project in the primary (Greek) sense of the word "science".
The objective of Alphaphorism is to try to build additional philosophical knowledge in order to discover new emergent properties in the process of thinking (logos).
The planned operative scheme will be based on interconnections with other fields such as natural and human sciences, arts, religions.
Origin of the word Alphaphorism:
From alphaphor which is a new word constructed from the word metaphor (meaning; ' carrying an image') in which the prefix 'meta' is replaced by 'alpha'.
Meta means image.
Alpha is meant to be more than an image.
In thermodynamics, for example, an image or 'information' does not consume energy:
- meta = 0
- alpha = 0 + square root of -1
Phor (from Greek phoreus) means 'carrier'.
Alphaphor means: which transports alpha. In other words, zero is more than zero:
- zero = 0 + sqrt(-1)
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About existentialism
In existentialism, "free" needs a material support to exist. In existentialism, there is no such thing as "free information" because information, even if it doesn't need energy to be there, it still needs a support to contain it and the support needs energy.
Let's call:
information: A
support: B
It means, in existentialism terms, that:
A is free (of energy)
AND
B is not free (of energy)
AND
A needs B to exist
Let's call:
a B support in space: X
a B support in space: Z
According to existentialism, if A is in X and Z, it is because X supports A and Z supports A. A is therefore a sort of non-energy-consuming parasite, using X and Z as a free means of transport.
Let's take A out of X and Z.
Everybody agrees that X and Z wouldn't exist for the same reason that an empty cd needs A's to be manufactured: therefore X and Z need A.
But, according to existentialists, one cannot take A out of X and Z.
Come on, we do it all the time: when, in our head, we play with maths, with music, with philosophy, ... we play with tons of A's without spending more energy than if we were playing with only one single A. Often, the more A's we have in our mind, the more fun we have, the less energy we have to spend. There may even be occasions when playing with A's in our mind, can actually create additional energy, this while using the same support B. Where is this additional energy coming from? From the B? Whatever you do, B will decay. By being themselves a source of energy, A's can compensate decay. A's are fun because they are free. That's why we all love that kind of free stuff.
If he wants, man can be A's. He cannot be the whole of A's though. He will never be. He thought, once upon a time, that he could be the whole of A's when he saw that he could reproduce A's-containing-B's, therefrom his believe that he had found a solution to the problem of decay.
From then on, he learned how hard it is to get A's for free again.
But he was forgiven. He has another chance. Free to him to take it or not.
Man is, more than ever, free.
But, is it because it is access-free that the whole of A's doesn't deserve some kind of consideration, of respect for what it is?
Like Ikaros, existentialism is born to fall.
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Let's call:
information: A
support: B
It means, in existentialism terms, that:
A is free (of energy)
AND
B is not free (of energy)
AND
A needs B to exist
Let's call:
a B support in space: X
a B support in space: Z
According to existentialism, if A is in X and Z, it is because X supports A and Z supports A. A is therefore a sort of non-energy-consuming parasite, using X and Z as a free means of transport.
Let's take A out of X and Z.
Everybody agrees that X and Z wouldn't exist for the same reason that an empty cd needs A's to be manufactured: therefore X and Z need A.
But, according to existentialists, one cannot take A out of X and Z.
Come on, we do it all the time: when, in our head, we play with maths, with music, with philosophy, ... we play with tons of A's without spending more energy than if we were playing with only one single A. Often, the more A's we have in our mind, the more fun we have, the less energy we have to spend. There may even be occasions when playing with A's in our mind, can actually create additional energy, this while using the same support B. Where is this additional energy coming from? From the B? Whatever you do, B will decay. By being themselves a source of energy, A's can compensate decay. A's are fun because they are free. That's why we all love that kind of free stuff.
If he wants, man can be A's. He cannot be the whole of A's though. He will never be. He thought, once upon a time, that he could be the whole of A's when he saw that he could reproduce A's-containing-B's, therefrom his believe that he had found a solution to the problem of decay.
From then on, he learned how hard it is to get A's for free again.
But he was forgiven. He has another chance. Free to him to take it or not.
Man is, more than ever, free.
But, is it because it is access-free that the whole of A's doesn't deserve some kind of consideration, of respect for what it is?
Like Ikaros, existentialism is born to fall.
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