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To make a rare foray into popular culture, there is a genre of music, particular prevalent on YouTube, called "lo-fi hip hop". The significance of the term "lo-fi" is itself an interesting case study in the stipulated and conventional meaning of language. But, leaving that history to the side, we may say that today this …
A 15 Minute Insight on what memes affect socially and culturally, how, and why it's not necessarily a good thing--quite probably bad, in fact. ...a meme does nothing to persuade intellectually itself, but relies upon some conceptual framework already and otherwise established. It might alter that conceptual framework, but does so only incidentally, through an …
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We live in a new world. No matter your city, state, province, or country, you live in this world too. It is a world where everything is different; for it is a world in which we are different. Human beings have always dwelt through technological means of interacting with their environments--whether that technology be automobiles, …
Closing the Doors. When René Descartes proposed a new approach to the study of physics--intending to displace the traditional Aristotelian thinking--he did not cite Aristotle's work; indeed, he hardly acknowledged it, let alone any developments made in the intervening centuries. Rather, as he wrote in a letter to his friend Marin Mersenne, he hoped that …
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 …
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 …
[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) …
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