Alex Bennett
Nov 8, 2024

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I read those two pieces you linked. I think highly of your thinking. It looks like the answer to my questions is:

"Consciousness and self are themselves relations. All of Being is relations."

I think I agree that relationism makes more sense than competing theories, and also that relationism is a better platform for interhuman relations.

That said, a sincere question -- what do you do with relationism? What's its message? Is it "just bear in mind no analysis of anything is complete or final"? As a life philosophy, it sounds like Taoism -- "it is what it is" -- which is a very healthy attitude toward life, but by its nature doesn't offer a compass.

I've been working on a philosophy with a structure like relationism, called "truth units" with a pragmatic message:

https://medium.com/@alexbennett-ap/truth-units-a-new-theory-of-truth-for-our-post-truth-world-9734119080c2

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Alex Bennett
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My goal on Medium has been to publish “Truth Units.” It took 1.5 years. I hope you read it. New articles will respond in-depth to your questions and critiques.

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