“Prüfung/Test,” by Edith Breckwoldt (Hamburg DE, 2004) (Author’s photograph, 2019) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. The Problem of Evil and Radical Agnosticism It’s a self-evident fact that natural … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #5.
“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]
The Concept of Mind Redux: Susan Haack Interviews Gilbert Ryle in 1973.
APP EDITOR’S NOTE In 1973, Susan Haack interviewed Gilbert Ryle about his most influential work, The Concept of Mind (London: Hutchinson, 1949), for The Open University. The Interview is now available online at URL = <https://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital-archive/program/video:00525_3017>. Haack’s retrospective comments on the interview in 2021, which are also available online HERE, follow directly below. The Concept … [continue reading]
Why Music—Unlike Other Forms of Free Expression—Thrives in Our Universities.
(Americana One, 28 June 2020, available online at URL = http://sun209.com/americana-and-country-artists-take-a-stand-for-the-first-amendment/) AUTHOR’S NOTE Matthew G. Andersson is a former chief executive and venture founder. He is the author of over 300 publications in major media, industry, and academia, and has been featured in the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the upcoming … [continue reading]
Donald Trump:The New Poster Boy For Gun Abolitionism.
(Jacobin, 2024) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. Donald Trump:The New Poster Boy For Gun Abolitionism Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on 13 July 2024, then struck a … [continue reading]
What Are Concepts?
(My Sociology, 2021) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. What Are Concepts? 1. Introduction All discursive human thinking proceeds by means of concepts.[i] But what are concepts? They’re essentially … [continue reading]
Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #4.
“Architectural sketches” (Author, 2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Opening Up the Space of Drawing Again 2. Structure and Argument 3. The Representational Paradigm: Three Basic Assumptions About Drawing by Hand 4. Entering the Space of Drawing: The Performative Paradigm 4.1 From neutral surface to inhabited topos 4.2. From traces to situated figurations 4.3. From … [continue reading]
Theses on the Philosophy of Religion.
(Image credit: Walter Benjamin Memorial, Portbou, Spain © Sigrid Ehrmann) APP Editor’s Note The APP circle has been discussing the nature of a work of philosophy for many years: see, e.g., “Philosophical Works, Philosophical Theories, Real Philosophy, and REAL Philosophy,” Against Professional Philosophy, 9 June 2016, available online at URL = <https://againstprofphil.org/2016/06/09/philosophical-works-philosophical-theories-real-philosophy-and-real-philosophy/>. We’ve concluded that … [continue reading]