(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]

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(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]

“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]

(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]

(Beckett, 2020) 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. Is Language Necessary For Human Thinking? It seems self-evident that language requires human thinking, at least in order to be spoken, … [continue reading]

“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]

(Watts, 2020) 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. Debugging Our Thinking As Hugh Willbourn cogently and compellingly points out in his book, The Bug in Our Thinking and The … [continue reading]

“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 Human Condition,” by Thomas Whitaker (Prison Arts Coalition, 2018) 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. How To Solve The Hyper-Fundamental Problem of Philosophy In an essay entitled “The Fundamental … [continue reading]