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]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #3.

“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]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #2.

“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]

Opening Up the Space of Drawing: Lines and the Locus of Creation in Architectural Design, #1.

“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]