“Man stands like a narrow doorway in the landscape“
Mirkka Rekola
I am Jose Maanmieli, an independent researcher and thinker studying everything human. Through a collection of articles, I have developed novel theoretical proposals addressing fundamental aspects of human life—such as language, kinship, money, and institutions—that have yet to be fully explained within the framework of natural science.
With this project, I want to encourage everyone to debate these topics, to move science and our self-understanding forward. In particular, I propose that biology, as the descriptive study of life, should be understood as providing many of the answers traditionally sought from philosophy. Properly understood, biology offers the necessary grounding in real life to avoid becoming lost in overly reductionist or humanistic abstractions, while achieving consistency across theoretical perspectives.
My research therefore reshapes disciplines like biology, psychology, anthropology, and linguistics, but also extends to economics, psychoanalysis, art, literature, and other fields.
The original meaning and essence of truth in Ancient Greece was aletheia: disclosure, unconcealment, the bringing of what was previously hidden into the open. This meaning stands in contrast to the common interpretation of truth as correctness or certainty, which is laden with moral assumptions that reach deep into our nature.
Alethes is an independent research network founded in 2023 by Jose Maanmieli. Based in Finland, Alethes explores human communication, behaviour, and the nature of institutions. The project develops original theory across disciplines including psychoanalysis, biology, anthropology, and philosophy.
📧 Contact: contact@alethes.net
📍 Based in Finland
🗓️ Founded: 2023
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