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. 2008 Mar;42(1):56-75.
doi: 10.1007/s12124-008-9053-z. Epub 2008 Jan 24.

From the terrible loneliness to the wonderful agreement of human beings

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From the terrible loneliness to the wonderful agreement of human beings

Arno Engelmann. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

What would be the "terrible loneliness" and what would be the "wonderful agreement" in the present paper? The "terrible loneliness" is the only reality that a person perceives and/or thinks during the now going on. For the person, an enormous quantity of occurrences is in the present moment absent. A very small quantity of occurrences is present. The person is the only being in having this. And, this is only during a little moment. The person never thinks about his loneliness in this moment. On the contrary, he thinks he is plenty of people and full of occurrences. But, if he were thinking about reality, he would live in a terrible loneliness. How does he escape himself from this loneliness? He thinks that the probable occurrences are real occurrences. He may be right in a plenty of times. Going through what I call opening hypotheses--basic hypotheses and non-basic but important hypotheses--and going through what I call simply hypotheses he is able to sanction a wonderful agreement of human beings about the known parts of the Universe. However, they are hypotheses, not absolute realities.

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  • Comparative evaluations.
    Bibace R. Bibace R. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2008 Mar;42(1):76-86; discussion 87-91. doi: 10.1007/s12124-007-9038-3. Epub 2008 Jan 12. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2008. PMID: 18193328

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