Continuum Philosophical Insight
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Beginning in the Fall of 2019, the Continuum Philosophical Insight Lyceum began a project of “Retrieving Thomistic Psychology” with an eight-week seminar that laid the foundations of an understanding that avoids the pitfalls of modern psychology. Now, in the Winter of 2020, a following “Thomistic Psychology - Action Theory” seminar will investigate the various operations …
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What is philosophy? Is it something we study—as subject, like biology or literature? Is it something each of us has, individually—as in, “my personal philosophy”? Is it a relic of history? An intellectual curiosity? A means to impress at cocktail parties and on social media? Or perhaps—as this seminar will attempt to demonstrate—philosophy is a …
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The following were solicited but freely given testimonials from three Lyceum members: The Lyceum is a one of the hidden nooks of the net that has the potential to start a revolution--one that may never be tweeted. It is a space outside of academia, outside of a system that is ambiguous in its purposes and …
How does the intellect differ from the senses? Is it merely a difference of degree—a relatively hyperfunctional neurological processing that enables us to supersede the cognitive capacities of non-human animals? Am “I” really nothing more than the firing of synapses in the brain, the concatenation of neurochemical exchanges? Or is human knowledge something—different? Unique? Irreducible …
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Today, on the hidden dangers of AI -- damaging our understanding, sense of purpose, and ability to connect with other human beings in a meaningful way; and more!
The latest 15 Minute Insight, some quick thoughts of a philosophical understanding of masculinity, understood causally. The distinctive male physiology is, of course, very important. But there is a trap in thinking exclusively or primarily about masculinity from the biological perspective; namely, that it often leads to reductionism. That is, if we look for the …
The following is a preview selection (rough draft) of the forthcoming Quaestiones de Quodlibet, Prima Series, based upon the questions I received this past July/August. This is the respondeo portion of q.1, "On Knowledge", a.1, "How does intellectual knowledge differ from sense knowledge?" I respond: We must distinguish the faculties and operations of sense perception and intellect. The …
[CPI Seminars] [CPI Lyceum Platform] What is a sign? Though a seemingly simple question, and one which may receive a technically simple answer, attaining a clear understanding of signs is a task both very difficult and very important; so important, in fact, that the whole future of philosophy (and by extension, human knowledge in general) …
