Anankelogical Principles

A-Foundational - B-Basic - C-General - D-Pain - E-Conflict - F-Authority - G-Law - H-Love

Anankelogy sets itself apart with a series of inspiring principles

You will find these principles worded for accessible anankelogy. May you find its language approachable.

Foundational Principles lay the basis for anankelogy as a unique science.

Basic Principles ground aspects of your experience with needs in the science of anankelogy.

General Principles add wisdom to experiencing needs anchored in the science of anankelogy.

Pain Principles start applying anankelogy to be more "need-responsive" in our lives.

Conflict Principles offer some insight for negotiating disputes you have with others.

Authority Principles apply anankelogy to the legitimacy of those in positions of influential power.

Law Principles apply anankelogy to the point of having laws and unwritten norms.

Love Principles cap these need-focused concepts with mutual respect for each other's needs.

Two Foundational Anankelogical Principles

Anankelogy, as a new social science for better understanding our phenomena of needs, offers two revolutionary insights. Much as Émile Durkheim demonstrated "social facts" for establishing the social science of sociology, Steph Turner presents two "facts" about our experience of needs.

Principle 1

1. A natural need is an objective fact.

Your need and my need to function exist as objective facts, apart from how we subjectively experience our needs. Your natural requirement to draw in something or to remove something, in order to function, exists independent of human subjective experience. You can only experience your needs subjectively after the objective phenomenon of your reduced functionality. Your required functionality occurs first, and then your emotional response to it. These shape your beliefs.

Once you draw in or remove what your life requires to properly function, your improved functionality exists as an objective fact independent of human subjective experience. If you draw in or remove something in a way that only partially helps you objectively function, the marginal difference in your functionality also exists independent of human subjective experience. Your subjective pain (like depression or anxiety) warns you of your objectively reduced capacity to adequately function. Let's consider the implications.

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Principle 2

2. An organically prioritized need is an objective fact.

You naturally must attend to some things to be drawn in or removed over other items to be drawn in or removed, in order to function, and these exist independent of human subjective experience. You can only experience your prioritized needs subjectively after the objective phenomenon of some items reducing your functionality more than other items. Your prioritized functionality occurs first, and then your emotional responses to it. These shape your beliefs.

Once you draw in or remove what your life prioritizes as more essential to function, your improved functionality exists as an objective fact independent of human subjective experience. If you draw in something or remove something of lesser urgency than the prioritized need, your ability to fully function will be objectively reduced, independent of human subjective experience. Neglecting such priorities often manifest as troubling problems limiting your functionality. Just think of the implications for politics and beyond.

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