directionality

Alaska

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state

trivia

compass

navigating

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relativism

space

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North

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is a term referring to how human being is able to circumscribe our encounters. I might be in a bad mood over a quarrel with one friend, but can still enjoy being with another friend, since my mood is (non-spatially) localized in my being.

Directionality means that everything we encounter belongs to a specific and limited region of our being, whether this region be physical or purely emotional. Although a bad mood isn’t spatial, it still has directionality: for example, I might be in a bad mood over a quarrel with a friend, but can still enjoy a fine meal in a restaurant, since moods do not always spread throughout all regions of our lives.

is the idea that each thing we encounter obviously comes from a specific region, and does not fill up all portions of our existence at once - Fear of making the speech does not also make us afraid of swimming, or make us worry that our house has been burglarized during the lecture trip.

The term “directionality” is much easier to understand, since each thing we encounter obviously comes from a specific region, and does not fill up all portions of our existence at once. Some threats approach us from the west, others from the north. But even if the threat is internal to my mind and comes from no direction on the compass, it still comes from only one specific part of my life rather than others. For example, if we are terrified of making public speeches, this threatens only one particular part of our lives. Fear of making the speech does not also make us afraid of swimming, or make us worry that our house has been burglarized during the lecture trip.

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