Harmondeg Theory
Harmondeg's own theory: the manifesto, root inquiry, and principle writings
- Free Will: Before Asking Whether We Have It, We Need to Know What We Mean2026-09-24 · Foundations of Philosophy
The free-will debate may persist because the question itself is unclear: what free and will mean must be established first, across distinct levels such as metaphysical freedom, psychological choice, physical action, and legal liberty.
- The Function of Philosophy The Place and Function of Philosophy in Human Civilization2026-07-05 · Foundations of Philosophy
The fifth and concluding installment of the "What Is Philosophy?" series: following the first four installments' inquiry into whether philosophy has a shared foundation and their re-examination of the love-wisdom relationship, it proposes the place and function of philosophy in human civilization.
- Harmondeg Psychology: A New Paradigm for Psychology and Psychological Well-Being2026-07 · Foundations of Philosophy
Announcing the Amazon release of Harmondeg Psychology, Volume 1 (public edition): it rebuilds the philosophical foundations of psychology with life at the center, understanding psychological phenomena from life itself rather than from symptoms and diagnosis.
- What Is Philosophy? (Summary Post)2026-06-28 · Foundations of Philosophy
The summary post of the "What Is Philosophy?" discussion: it proposes "Shared Fundamental Meaning," the idea that philosophy is humanity's highest-level collective and integrative intellectual activity. The full text runs nearly 7,000 words.
- What Is Philosophy?2026-06-28 · Foundations of Philosophy
The Zenodo full-text archive of the "What Is Philosophy?" discussion summary post.
- What Do People Mean When They Say "Philosophy"?2026-06-24 · Foundations of Philosophy
The first installment of the "What Is Philosophy?" four-part series: originating in discussions of the "East-West Philosophy and Practice Dialogue" community, it examines how contemporary participants from different backgrounds understand the meaning and function of philosophy.
- Why Is a Shared Foundation of Philosophy Possible? From Difference to Common Ground2026-06-24 · Foundations of Philosophy
The second installment of the "What Is Philosophy?" four-part series: if philosophy is so diverse across traditions, can a shared foundation still be possible? It argues that comparability itself is evidence that a shared foundation exists. The shared foundation is not a unified conclusion but humanity's cross-civilizational capacity for fundamental reflection on existence, meaning, value, and responsibility.
- What Did Laozi Mean by Dao?2026-06-20 · Foundations of Philosophy
Returning to the original text of Daodejing Chapter 25: the "Dao" of which Laozi speaks is not a system, method, or governance tool, but the nameless source prior to heaven, earth, and all things, from which all things manifest.
- Philosophy Displaced: AI Ethics and the Crisis of Our Own Making2026-06-15 · Foundations of Philosophy
Taking frontier AI companies such as Anthropic hiring philosophers for ethics training as its entry point: when AI issues a genuine civilizational summons, the philosophy discipline itself may not yet be ready to answer.
- What Is Philosophy? (Opening Post)2026-06-13 · Foundations of Philosophy
The opening post of the public "What Is Philosophy?" discussion: it invites readers of all cultural, disciplinary, and traditional backgrounds to join, listing boundary questions between philosophy and religion, science, and ideology.
- Why Is a Shared Foundation of Philosophy Possible?2026-06 · Foundations of Philosophy
It locates the shared foundation of philosophy in humanity's shared capacity for fundamental reflection on existence, meaning, value, and responsibility.
- Why Modern Thought Produces Endless Disagreement2026-05-26 · Foundations of Philosophy
Why modern thought produces fragmentation and endless disagreement amid the knowledge explosion: the loss of a shared conceptual foundation has become a civilizational-level problem.
- Age Sharpens the Tool, But Does Not Guarantee the Wisdom2026-05-23 · Foundations of Philosophy
It questions the popular assumption that "wisdom naturally grows with age": contemporary discussion routinely conflates wisdom itself with the acquired rationality and social-practical capacities through which wisdom is expressed. It distinguishes wisdom as a sensitivity to foundational relationships.
- Weird Thinking for Weird Things2026-05-21 · Foundations of Philosophy
"Weird things call for weird thinking": AI uncertainty, the fragmentation of reality, governance failures, and many other "weird phenomena" did not appear out of nowhere; they are the visible results of long-standing structural roots. Conventional thinking cannot cope with them.
- In Defense of Non-Striving: On the Most Fundamental Misreading of Wu Wei and the Dao2026-05-04 · Foundations of Philosophy
A defense of wu wei: whether in historical commentaries or modern discourse, wu wei is routinely misread as passivity, retreat, or inaction. This book-length work traces that to a single structural misreading.
- The Disorientation of Thought in the Contemporary2026-03-21 · Foundations of Philosophy
The fifth and concluding installment of the thought-structure series: unfolding from philosophy's highest expression through the differentiation of philosophical levels and thought-forms, it arrives at a diagnosis of contemporary thought's disorientation.
- The Paths of Thought (Series4-5)2026-03-17 · Foundations of Philosophy
Installments 4–5 of the contemporary thought-structure series: moving from philosophical levels and thought-forms to the "path" dimension along which thought comes into being.
- Harmondeg Philosophy: A Framework to Classify Contemporary Thought and Avoid Confusion2026-03-08 · Foundations of Philosophy
The second installment of the four-part series: it distinguishes five contemporary thought-forms, popular, religious, disciplinary, intellectual, and ontological, by four principles: scope of inquiry, level of problem, intellectual function, and reflective capacity. (The Zenodo version is titled A Classified Study of the Contemporary Philosophical Landscape.)
- Harmondeg Philosophy: A Classified Study of the Contemporary Philosophical Landscape2026-03-08 · Foundations of Philosophy
A classification framework for contemporary philosophical forms, based on four principles: scope of inquiry, level of problem, intellectual function, and reflective capacity.
- Philosophy: The Highest Crystallization of Human Wisdom and the Navigational Principle of Civilization2026-03-04 · Foundations of Philosophy
The first installment of a four-part clarification of contemporary thought: philosophy is the directional and navigational principle of human civilization. Science reveals the structure of nature; philosophy provides an overall framework for understanding the relationship among the cosmos, life, and consciousness.
- The Forms and Depth of Contemporary Thought2026-03 · Foundations of Philosophy
The third installment of the four-part series: the paradox of contemporary thought expression and systematized thought; the forms of thought and their modes of circulation.
- A Unified Framework for Understanding Thought and Philosophy2026-03 · Foundations of Philosophy
A unified framework for understanding thought and philosophy: thought provides the outer dimensions of form, path, and level, while philosophy provides the inner criteria of ontological depth, conceptual coherence, and structural scope, together with a six-step diagnostic procedure.
- The Loss and Clarification of Contemporary Thinking2026-03 · Foundations of Philosophy
The fifth installment of the Contemporary Thought series: it identifies the dual disorientation of creators and audiences in contemporary thought and proposes eight patterns of thought-confusion with their feedback loops, clarifying the distinction between levels of thought and forms of expression.
- Harmonistablism: The Harmondeg Manifesto 谐稳主义：谐稳哲学宣言2026-01-25 · Founding Manifesto
The founding manifesto of Harmondeg philosophy: it systematically introduces the Harmondeg Threshold Domain, Threshold Logic, dynamic harmonization, the dual-center, and the principle of system reversibility, and argues for replacing infinite growth and local optimization with civilizational responsibility and feedback regulation.