A note to readers.

Hello and welcome to my blog.

There is no real structure or theme to what will be posted here. This is merely a forum for me to get down and think out some things that I happen to find interesting. The process of writing things out helps to clarify certain ideas and hopefully uncover and bring to light some heretofore unnoticed assumptions. Comments are welcome since I believe inquiry is most effective when is an interpersonal pursuit.

We are always privy to just a limited amount of information about the world in which we live. What information we take in shapes our model of the world, or worldview. I say "take in" because our store of beliefs is not composed just of information we actively seek. In fact only a small fraction of what we take to be true is the product of direct personal investigation. Most all of what we know we have assimilated from our surrounding cultural environment. We were either taught these things from childhood or we tacitly assume these things to be true because everyone in our cultural milieu takes these things to be true. This information composes our worldview. All of us have, and have to have, a worldview. Clearly what we believe to be true about the world in which we live, including what we believe to be true about ourselves, about what kind of beings we are, profoundly effects what we do, what we value and how we feel about ourselves. My contention is that ones worldview, functioning as it does as a model of the actual world, is better (better in several ways) if it is more accurate.

So the main purpose of this blog for me is to have a means by which to flesh out my own worldview, to expose lurking assumptions, to add nuance where needed, to expose prevailing views within the culture to need criticism and to examine and integrate new information relevant to all this. I hope anyone reading this will find it interesting, thought provoking (provoking enough to comment) and offensive (more on the importance of being offended in a later post.) Thanks.