Questions tagged [cognitive-dissonance]
The cognitive-dissonance tag has no summary.
2 questions
0
votes
5
answers
328
views
Is self deception the only way to get out of internal contradictions if the contradictions are unsolvable? what are some other methods one can use [closed]
I have a question regarding personal philosophy. If existential truth requires me to see people as they are - contradictory, inconsistent, and often in bad faith - and this recognition destroys my ...
1
vote
3
answers
131
views
Is the statement “Nothing is perfect” self-contradictory because it implies perfection through imperfection?
The common saying is that “Nothing is perfect.” But if everything in the universe is imperfect, then imperfection itself applies universally without exception. In that case, imperfection is consistent ...