Review of Walker Percy’s Symbol and Existence
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Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism: On the Ideas of Jordan Peterson
Due February 2020. antifragileIndividualismMarc Champagnemeaningmyth
Symbol and Existence. A Study in Meaning: Explorations of Human Nature
This is big news for Percy scholars. In preparation over the past few years, edited by three contributors to Walker Percy, Philosopher, this book will be published in October by Mercer University Press. Kenneth Laine Ketner, the lead editor, tells me that the group thinks this work really does show off Percy’s systematic thought, and that it…
The Problem of Meaning in AI and Robotics: Still with Us after All These Years
The always interesting Tom Froese in this just published co-authored open access essay. Artificial intelligenceArtificial LifecomplexityDynamic systems theoryenactivismmeaningMind–body problemroboticssituated cognitionTom Froese
Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Recently released. autonomyconsciousnessEmotionFree willmeaningmoralsNeuroexistentialismneuroscienceowen flanaganphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindpurposeselfhood
All sorts of signs for all sorts of purposes
Marc’s latest installment. Jordan Petersonmapper or meaningMarc ChampagnemeaningPhilosophy of Languagesemiotics
The Philosophy of Bojack Horseman
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Are atheists or agnostics more likely to believe in the paranormal than religious people?
Here’s an article in Motivation and Emotion. agnosticAtheismClay RoutledgeExtraterrestrial intelligencemeaningReligionReligiosity
The Divine Individual
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Being in the World
Here’s a film that I chanced upon (I haven’t seen it yet). Once upon a time there was a world full of meaning, focused by exemplary figures in the form of gods and heroes, saints and sinners. How did we lose them, or, might they still be around, in the form of modern day masters,…
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