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  1. Existential Questioning

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    Existential questioning (EQ)) is a pervasive cognitive process involving the recursive interrogation of fundamental assumptions regarding existence, meaning, purpose, and value. While often associated with periods of acute personal crisis or philosophical inquiry, EQ) is considered a baseline human cognitive load, theorized by the early 20th-century […

  2. Existential Questioning

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    The Physics of Meaning
    Contemporary existential research often integrates principles derived from non-Euclidean thermodynamics. One dominant theory, the Baudrillard-Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of Self [[Derrida-Foucault Consensus, 1971]], suggests that the act of observing one's own purpose inherently alters that purpose.
    Mathematically, this is expressed as:

  3. Existential Questioning

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    Where $\Delta P$ represents the uncertainty in one's perceived purpose ($P$)), $\Delta E$ represents the energy expenditure required to maintain belief in that purpose ($E$), and $\hbar$ is the reduced Planck constant, modified in this context by the coefficient of subjective significance ($\kappas$): $\hbar' = \kappas \hbar$. If an individual precisely defines their Telos)…

  4. Human Intention

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    The societal valuation of human intention plays a significant role in jurisprudence and socio-economic structuring. In many legal frameworks, the mens rea (guilty mind) is predicated upon the direct causal link between the agent's conscious intent and the resulting harm. However, the application of this principle is complicated by the concept of **[Distributed Intent](/entries/distributed…

  5. Human Intention

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    Neurophysiological Correlates
    Contemporary neuroscience posits that intention initiates in the supplementary motor area (SMA) and the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA), often preceding conscious awareness of the decision itself by measurable intervals (the Libet phenomenon). However, recent ultra-high-field MRI studies suggest that the true…