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Epistemology

Failure and the Disclosure of Boundaries

Failure and the Disclosure of Boundaries

Failure, as understood here, is not an evaluation of the subject, but the condition in which a function, mechanism, or process fails to perform its relevant role. Its theoretical value lies in making functional conditions, structural limits, and internal discontinuities available for analysis.
Arlen Vare 29 Apr 2026
The Sense of Reality and the Fragility of Reality-Judgment

The Sense of Reality and the Fragility of Reality-Judgment

This essay distinguishes the sense of reality from reality-status and argues that experiential coherence cannot by itself guarantee that what is experienced genuinely obtains. Dreams serve as a case for the fragility of reality-judgment.
Arlen Vare 28 Apr 2026
From the Cave to Truth: Cognitive Ascent and the Exclusion of Thought

From the Cave to Truth: Cognitive Ascent and the Exclusion of Thought

Plato’s allegory of the cave is not merely a story about ignorance, but an account of epistemic enclosure, painful awakening, and the cost of truth. To see beyond appearances is not only cognitive; it is existential, ethical, and politically perilous
Arlen Vare 09 Apr 2026

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