“The face of the 'other' are always 'not me' therefore, are always a mystery” says the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Many philosophers have recognized that reality perception differs from person to
person, and it is difficult to understand how someone else sees things.
Modern studies found that the brain distort reality. "A mind of its own" psychologist Cordelia Fine explains in her book. The human brain has evolved in a certain way with evolution. For various reasons, such as the need to make quick decisions, the brain filters senses´ information inputs, and builds a database using the filtered facts and stereotypes. Stereotype are created both by the cultural environment and the individuals´ own experience. Such a system is called 'culture based world view'.
Problem is that people from different cultures, have different database and different filtration system.
To be able to understand the 'others' one must understand their cultural environment and values hierarchy by which they act.
person, and it is difficult to understand how someone else sees things.
Modern studies found that the brain distort reality. "A mind of its own" psychologist Cordelia Fine explains in her book. The human brain has evolved in a certain way with evolution. For various reasons, such as the need to make quick decisions, the brain filters senses´ information inputs, and builds a database using the filtered facts and stereotypes. Stereotype are created both by the cultural environment and the individuals´ own experience. Such a system is called 'culture based world view'.
Problem is that people from different cultures, have different database and different filtration system.
To be able to understand the 'others' one must understand their cultural environment and values hierarchy by which they act.
In this site I present a 'cultural philosophy' theory, based on this brain structure.
In my opinion the brain is of a dual nature. On one hand a person acts as an independent individual, on the other, he is just one little cell of a larger body - the society. Such duality is also true for other animals – a good example are the ants.
It is impossible to understand human behavior only by examining the individual. People act differently and in a uniform way, being in a group (society). One can consider society as one giant creature. Whether this different behavior is psychology, or is embedded in the our genes, is not important, but it is very important to understand the culture of the 'other' and how it determines his behavior.
Explanation of the 'cultural philosophy' is divided into the following topics:
In my opinion the brain is of a dual nature. On one hand a person acts as an independent individual, on the other, he is just one little cell of a larger body - the society. Such duality is also true for other animals – a good example are the ants.
It is impossible to understand human behavior only by examining the individual. People act differently and in a uniform way, being in a group (society). One can consider society as one giant creature. Whether this different behavior is psychology, or is embedded in the our genes, is not important, but it is very important to understand the culture of the 'other' and how it determines his behavior.
Explanation of the 'cultural philosophy' is divided into the following topics:
Cultural philosophy is demonstrated in feature books sector on this site.
The book "The man who refused to be a sheep" is an allegory telling the story of a person leaving his home culture in a journey in which he adapt a new world view of his own using his 'freedom of thought'.
The 5 books in "The bible of culture" collection describes cultural developments evolving to be the culture of my choice. I used 3 historical outstanding figures, Moses, Isaiah, Rambam (without their consent), and 2 fictitious figures of the future, to present my views.
In the essays sector, there are articles that deal with various aspects of culture.
All other sectors are experiments with what is usually considered as culture – paintings, poetry and
The book "The man who refused to be a sheep" is an allegory telling the story of a person leaving his home culture in a journey in which he adapt a new world view of his own using his 'freedom of thought'.
The 5 books in "The bible of culture" collection describes cultural developments evolving to be the culture of my choice. I used 3 historical outstanding figures, Moses, Isaiah, Rambam (without their consent), and 2 fictitious figures of the future, to present my views.
In the essays sector, there are articles that deal with various aspects of culture.
All other sectors are experiments with what is usually considered as culture – paintings, poetry and
