Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism 2. Feminism 3. LGBTQ+ Rights 4. Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 5. The … [continue reading]
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The Philosophy of Reading as First Philosophy.
“Girl with a Book,” by Alexander Deineka (1934) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. The Philosophy of Reading as First Philosophy You, the reader of this very sentence, are consciously … [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]
Appearance and Reality.
“Ascending and Descending,” by M.C. Escher, 1960 (Totally History, 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. APP Editor’s Note It’s not uncommon for professional academic philosophy journals, psychology journals, … [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]
Much-Too-Quick Overviews, #26: Julia Kristeva.
Much-Too-Quick Overviews, written, produced, and presented by Andrew D. Chapman, is a series of easily accessible, concise presentations of otherwise not-so-easily-accessible, not-so-concise philosophy, intended as starting-points for further independent inquiry and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the professional academy. PREVIOUS EPISODES: 1. Existentialism 2. Feminism 3. LGBTQ+ Rights 4. Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 5. The … [continue reading]
From Reductionism to Simplicity: Against Modernist Minimalism and Towards a New Monastic Minimalism, #1.
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]
Supertasks and the Consistency of the Real Numbers: Reply to Jéssica Milaré/Supertarefas e a consistência dos números reais: Resposta a Jéssica Milaré.
Men at work down under, performing supertasks, circa 1981 (Filmaffinity US, 2023) 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. Supertasks and the Consistency of the Real Numbers: Reply to Jéssica … [continue reading]
Could Every Statement Be True? Trivialism and The Bankruptcy of Analytic Philosophy of Logic.
(Carroll, 1871/1988: p. 61) 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. Could Every Statement Be True? Trivialism and The Bankruptcy of Analytic Philosophy of Logic 1. Introduction In this essay, … [continue reading]