Conatus: THIRD EDITION

Conatus: THIRD EDITION

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Conatus is a Latin word meaning the will to live and the tendency for living things to grow and to flourish.The ‘egocentric predicament’ is the idea that people can, at most, only really be certain of our own thoughts. The external world and the minds of other people are unknown to us. So there is always a need to bridge the gap between our thoughts and our experiences of the world outside our heads. Over the centuries, philosophers have considered various ways in which the gap can be closed. Lacking any final answers from philosophy and science, we need to somehow close this gap ourselves, so that we can get on with the business of living.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tom Wallace

I describe myself as an author and illustrator and my work can be found online at various sources, posting as abtw777. I’m the author of Conatus, Twenty-One Levels of Self-Deception and Utopia, Governance and the Commons, amongst other works. Printed copies of my books are distributed free from various outlets, including ‘Little Free Libraries’. Original pen and ink illustrations are distributed free under the title of ‘Art for All’. Most of my writing is non-fiction and the subjects addressed are philosophy, spirituality, politics, climate change and the peace movement.

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