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A System For Increasing Purpose in Life
Last week, we looked at the dimension of meaning in life called coherence, and we saw what happens to mythological villains like Sisyphus and Macbeth who don't honestly pursue the adaptation and try to steal meaning in a sense. The result is a pointless l
#75 - Rafe Kelley - The Martial Arts of Meaning in Life
Rafe Kelley is the founder of Evolve, Move, Play, a movement coach, lifelong martial artist and wisdom-seeker.He has been featured on the Jordan Peterson podcast and frequently engaged in dialogues with John Vervaeke on his Youtube Channel.Check out his w
Four Dimensions of Meaning in Life: Coherence
Last week, I introduced the new Meaning in life series on the Wisdom Dojo Substack. As promised, for this first week, we will be dealing with the dimension of meaning in life known as Coherence.Read the full article: www.mahonmccann.com This is a pub
Essay: A Philosophical Guide To Self-Development (Part 12)
Recap of the Series so far.This is the final essay of the philosophical guide to self-development series. To recap what weve discussed so far, we began by looking at how the West is undergoing a crisis of meaning due to the collapse of the Aristotelian
#74 - Waiting For The Offo Review From Dramatic Dublin
An interview with Dublin South FMs Alison Maccarvil on her show Dramatic Dublin review of my debut stage-play WAITING FOR THE OFFO, preformed in THE NEW THEATRE 2023. Directed by Conan McIvor.Starring Cillian Lenaghan, Liam Bixby, Hazel Clifford and Terr
#73 - Dr Igor Grossmann - The New Science of Wisdom
Igor Grossmann is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where he leads the Wisdom and Culture Lab. As a cognitive/social scientist, Grossmann has been working on demystifying what makes up a “wise” judgment in the context of rev
Essay: How To Develop Meta-Cognition & Moral Grounding (Part 11)
Read the full essay: https://www.mahonmccann.com/In the last essay, we explored Petersons solution to the Meaning Crisis and how cultivating wisdom and virtue can help to orient our meaning instinct properly. We finished the last essay with the latest re
Essay: Peterson's Solution To The Meaning Crisis (Part 10)
Read the full essay: https://www.mahonmccann.com/In the last essay, we looked at Rene Magrittes The Son of Man painting as an image of the fallen, meaning crisis individual. You might notice a similarity between the painting and the cover of my last bo
Essay: Why Ireland’s Hate Speech Regulation Misses The Point
The Criminal Justice Incitement to Violence or Hatred and hate offences Bill 2022 is currently making its way through the Dail and Seanad and is somewhat in my wheelhouse. This bill is designed to update Ireland’s 1989 Incitement to Hatred laws mainly bec
Essay: Nihilism & The Post-Modern Predicament (Part 9)
Part 9 of the Philosophical Guide To Self-Development series. We are now on the downward slope of this essay series. The last three essays will bring together what we have discussed so far and operationalise this worldview within the context of the proble