David Bohm's book, "Wholeness and the Implicate Order," explores the problem of fragmentation in human thought and consciousness. Along with a very thorough analysis of why the problem of fragmentation exists, he also provides suggestions for undoing what he calls "habits of thought" which limit our ability to perceive wholes, or to even be aware …
Beyond Nature
Nature: Middle English (denoting the physical power of a person): from Old French, from Latin natura ‘birth, nature, quality,’ from nat- ‘born,’ from the verb nasci Might there not be something to the idea that "women will have rights as long as men see fit to allow for those rights, all the while calculating the …
Jim Morrison/Dionysus and Some Criticisms of Monotheism (9/09)
Great writing by Paul DeFatta on the Dionysian influence on the life and death of Jim Morrison and the affects of the shift away from polytheism to monotheism.
Love and Beauty
...for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside himself, and reason is no longer in him. Plato Let's start at the end. What gives us joy, reason, meaning, and a feeling of being alive, connected, loved and loving? Is …
Sentience and Sensibility
Thank you Barbara, for the invitation to guest blog on the topic of AI and consciousness on her site Me, My Magnificent Self, I am grateful. For anyone reading here, please visit Barbara's website too. She included some very nice thoughts about my blog, and you will also find some other posts on the AI …
Theoria 