Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Soundthropology: Eno and Graeber in Dialog
The 2014 Artangel Longplayer Conversation between Brian Eno and David Graeber took place 7pm, Tuesday 7 October 2014 at the Royal Geographical Society http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBpOXGLn_o Continue reading
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Primacy of Ethics over Metaphysics
From a consideration of the primacy of ethics in Dante’s The Banquet by Etienne Gilson in Dante the Philosopher (1948): …the Crystaline heaven, or Primum Mobile, ordains by its motion the daily revolution of all the other heavens, a revolution that enables them to receive and transmit… Continue reading
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The Authentic Human Behavior of Mad Men
This is, then, a hopeful ending, not just for Don, and for the other characters — all of whom reinvented themselves professionally and personally, and showed signs of having learned from past mistakes — but for America itself. Hopeful is… Continue reading
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The New Eye – Visionary Art and Tradition | Mundus Imaginalis
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‘Queer Icons’ Of Color
Icons are an essential part of the visual history of religions, including those of the Catholic, Coptic and Orthodox Christian traditions. From the familiar Mary and the Archangel Gabriel to the more obscure Saint Menas or Theotokos of Vladimir, iconic… Continue reading
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Luciano Floridi on the Philosophy of Information
The philosophy of information is a new area of research. We didn’t study it when we were students, partly because we didn’t realise that the glasses were on our noses. There’s a lot of philosophy from the ancient Greeks to… Continue reading
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Soul loss: the shaman’s diagnosis of our existential complaints – Dream Gates
The greatest contribution of the ancient shamans to our medicine and healing today is the understanding that in the course of any life we are liable to suf Source: www.beliefnet.com Continue reading
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►Greek Mythology: “Athena, Goddess of Wisdom”.-
“Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge” by Willem De Poorter. (17th century). Source: aquileana.wordpress.com Continue reading
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This Flower-Filled Abandoned House Is Bringing A Bit Of Life Back To Detroit
Late one evening this month, a woman appeared in the second-story window of an abandoned house overlooking a Detroit freeway. A spotlight illuminated her face as she flung handfuls of white petals down to the crowd gathered outside a venue… Continue reading
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Where academic philosophy went wrong
Originally posted on Huenemanniac: A potted history: I believe Peter Sloterdijk is right that the Enlightenment has been followed by philosophical cynicism, or an impressive array of natural knowledge unaccompanied by any faith in providence. The U.S., which became the… Continue reading
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The Island of Knowledge: How to Live with Mystery in a Culture Obsessed with Certainty and Definitive Answers
…a celebration of human achievement and a gentle reminder that the appropriate reaction to scientific and technological progress is not arrogance over the knowledge conquered, which seems to be our civilizational modus operandi, but humility in the face of what… Continue reading
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The dawn of artificial intelligence
“THE development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race,” Stephen Hawking warns. Elon Musk fears that the development of artificial intelligence, or AI, may be the biggest existential threat humanity faces. Bill Gates urges people… Continue reading
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UH Researchers Create Lens to Turn Smartphone into Microscope – University of Houston
Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to amplify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just 3 cents a lens. Source: www.uh.edu Continue reading
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