Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #6.

“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]

Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #5.

“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]

Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #4.

“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]

Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #3.

“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]

Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #2.

“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]

Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #1.

“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]

A Philosopher’s Diary, #15–Rules For Thinking.

“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” by Francisco Goya (Los Caprichos, #43, 1799) The descriptive sub-title of this blog—Against Professional Philosophy—originally created and rolled out in 2013, is “A Co-Authored Anarcho-Philosophical Diary.” Now, ten years later, after more than 350,000 views of the site, this series, A Philosopher’s Diary, finally literally instantiates that description by … [continue reading]

From Reductionism to Simplicity: Against Modernist  Minimalism and Towards a New Monastic Minimalism, #4.

Figure 1: Courtyard of the St. Benedictusberg Abbey, designed by Dom. Hans van der Laan. Photograph by author. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Modernism and Minimalism: Reductionism as Paradigm 2. Monastic Minimalism: Six Defining Features 3. Against Mechanistic Materialism 4. Conclusion This essay has been published in four installments, one per section. You can also download … [continue reading]

From Reductionism to Simplicity: Against Modernist  Minimalism and Towards a New Monastic Minimalism, #3.

Figure 1: Courtyard of the St. Benedictusberg Abbey, designed by Dom. Hans van der Laan. Photograph by author. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Modernism and Minimalism: Reductionism as Paradigm 2. Monastic Minimalism: Six Defining Features 3. Against Mechanistic Materialism 4. Conclusion This essay will be published in four installments, one per section. You can also download … [continue reading]

From Reductionism to Simplicity: Against Modernist  Minimalism and Towards a New Monastic Minimalism, #2.

Figure 1: Courtyard of the St. Benedictusberg Abbey, designed by Dom. Hans van der Laan. Photograph by author. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Modernism and Minimalism: Reductionism as Paradigm 2. Monastic Minimalism: Six Defining Features 3. Against Mechanistic Materialism 4. Conclusion This essay will be published in four installments, one per section. You can also download … [continue reading]