Harris W Stern, Ph. D.

Jan 12, 2021

A More Comprehensive View of the “Self”

From the Prospective of Wholistic Existential Psychology ( Response to John Smith’s Post of December 20th, 2020 In his latest post in our ongoing dialogue about “Will” (or “Willing”) as an aspect of Human Existence, John Smith offers more clarity to me about the proposition that he initially presented —…

Psychology

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Psychology

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Jan 4, 2021

In Support of a Unified (Wholistic) Systemic Conceiving of Reality

Wholistic Existential Anthropology: Essay Four Essay number three in a series explicating a theory of reality which I call Wholistic Existential Anthropology presented evidence in support of conceiving reality as triadic (Medium.Com. December, 2020). …

Reality

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Reality

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Dec 30, 2020

In Support of a Triadic Conception of Reality

Essay Three: Wholistic Existential Anthropology: A Theory of Everything In Essay One proposing a theory of reality which suggests conceiving of reality as unified and wholistic as well as triadically differentiated, I conceived of three worlds of reality within the totality of everything that is. A simplified diagram representing this…

Reality

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Reality

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Dec 8, 2020

Another Response to John Smith’s essay: “Free Will is an Illusion”

I agree with John Smith’s contention that free will is an illusion — in the sense that he defines an illusion as something which is not what it appears to be. My theory, “Wholistic Existential Anthropology” (see two previous essays) could be summarized as an attempt to show that what…

Philosophy

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Philosophy

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Aug 4, 2019

IS THERE A “NATURAL WORLD” INDEPENDENT OF HUMAN KNOWING ABOUT IT?

Is There A “Natural World” Independent of Human Knowing about it? Essay Two: Wholistic Existential Anthropology: A Theory of Everything Introduction Essay Number One introducing Wholistic Existential Anthropology as a theory conceived to address the question: “What is the nature of Reality?” was published on Medium. Com on June 17, 2019. The current essay will continue to explicate the theory, proposed…

Philosophy

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IS THERE A “NATURAL WORLD” INDEPENDENT OF HUMAN KNOWING ABOUT IT?

Philosophy

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Jun 17, 2019

ON THE NATURE OF REALITY: A Theory of Everything There Is

Conceiving Reality: Wholistic Existential Anthropology by Harris W. Stern, Ph.D. — “Reality is up for grabs” …….Trapper John………..Mash INTRODUCTION Look at the following list of questions:

Philosophy

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ON THE NATURE OF REALITY: A Theory of Everything There Is

Philosophy

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Aug 11, 2017

All Happiness is Individual (and Human)

All Happiness is Individual (and Human) The truth of the proposition that all happiness (or wellbeing) is individual flows out of understanding that happiness or wellbeing (as well as suffering) only exists within the realm of experience, that is, within an Existence which has consciousness and self-consciousness, at a level of developed complexity which is found…

Consciousness

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Consciousness

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Published in All Wealth is Communal

·Jul 22, 2017

All Wealth is Communal

All Wealth is Communal I am not an economist. I am neither an academic nor a scholar. I call myself a non-technical philosopher. I write as way to develop and explore ideas. I am interested in what is known and how it comes to be known. I also wish to…

Economics

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Economics

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