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The Law of Wanting

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The Law of Wanting introduces an original five-element conceptual framework examining the relationship between desire, learned expectations, acceptance, observable outcomes, and consciously perceived ideal reality. The framework proposes that intense wanting can influence what individuals recognize as fulfillment, while distinguishing observable circumstances from an individual’s subjective experience of an ideal life. The paper presents definitions, illustrative thought experiments, conceptual paradoxes, and opportunities for further investigation. This work is an exploratory philosophical proposal, not an experimentally established scientific law or peer-reviewed empirical study.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.24053854

Author: Estes, Elyse Meagan

Language: English

Topic: Human Behavior and Motivation

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7225567752

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