Philosophics — Philosophical and Political Ramblings
By Bry Willis
This content can also be found on my blog: philosophicsblog.wordpress.com
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsOct 17, 2021
What is real? What is true?
In this segment, I ask what is the difference between what is real and what is true.
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Instead Laugh
In this very short segment, I share my story about a toddler who chooses laughter over fussing.
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God Be in my Head
In this short segment, I talk about the metaphor of God through the prayer/poem/hymn God Be in My Head.
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Whence Morality?
In this abbreviated segment, I share my perspective on the origins of morality by considering both rational Kantian and sentimental Humean perspectives. Or or it something else or more?
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Systematic Violence
In this segment, I share my thoughts on why imposed systems and bureaucracies are a form of violence.
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Path to the Fall
In this segment, I share my perspective on this historical journey from the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment to the Modern Condition that includes theretofore schizophrenia. I also share a personal online encounter with Stephen Hicks, author of Explaining Postmodernism.
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Music Property
In this abbreviated segment, I share my thoughts on intellectual property rights and recommend a video on this topic as it relates to music. Thelonius Monk on the piano is the cover image.
The written blog version of this episode can https://philosophicsblog.wordpress.com/2022/11/19/music-property/
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Humans Ruin the Economy
In this abbreviated segment, I share my perspective on Artificial Intelligence and governance.
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Justin Hawkins Gets It
In this segment, I comment on Juston Hawkins getting his audience into the moment.
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Most Interesting
In this segment, I comment on a recent interview interaction about the most interesting person.
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Underrepresented Class
In this segment, I comment on the lack of workplace diversity for right-hemisphere-dominant people.
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Bang the Jrum Slowly!
In this segment, I comment on a video by Dr Geoff Lindsey explaining some English morphology.
Referenced video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2X1pKEHIYw
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English Weak Forms
In this segment, I comment on a video by Dr Geoff Lindsey explaining weak forms of the English language.
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Dissecting Time
In this segment, I discuss Pink Floyd's classic track, Time, written by Roger Waters as part of their Wish You Were Here album.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Eight: Creativity
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the eighth chapter, Creativity, which discusses the importance of the right hemisphere in true creativity.
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Music Is Life
This is a personal story about nourishing children with the gift of music. YMMV.
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100 Seconds to Midnight
In this short segment, I wax on about the fact that life annihilates life.
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To Be or Not to Be (Free)
In this segment, I react to a premise made in a video short that there is no free will.
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Self Construction
In this segment, I react again to Iain McGilchrist's book The Master and His Emissary that the construction of the self by the right hemisphere is desirable over a left hemisphere construction. I find this to be debatable. Find out why.
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Orlam - Overwhelem
In this segment, I read a selection from the Dorest narrative poem Orlam by PJ Harvey.
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Words are not arbitrary
In this segment, I react to an assertion by Iain McGilchrist in his book The Master and His Emissary that symbolic language is not arbitrary. I disagree. Find out why.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Seven: Cognitive Intelligence
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the seventh chapter, Cognitive Intelligence, which extends the conversation on intelligence from social and emotional to cognitive.
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Bird Brain
In this segment, I talk about the bi-hemispheric brains of birds and lateralisation of functions with a particular focus on vision.
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Limits of Reason and Critical Thinking
In this segment, I discuss the limits of human reason and critical thinking.
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Moral Binaries
In this segment, I discuss the limitations of morality and the danger of applying morals as a last resort.
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Blaming and Naming
In this abbreviated segment, I share my thoughts on blaming and naming.
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Whitewashing Spoken English
In this abbreviated segment, I share my thoughts on an AI service that modifies foreign accents to sound American to American customers.
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Not Only the Queen Is Dead
"The Queen is dead. Long live the King," I believe it goes. There is propaganda through symbolism and spectacle. And there is detachment. Witness in this photograph of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession, a sea of mobile devices—black mirrors.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Six: Emotional and Social Intelligence
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the fifth chapter, Emotional and Social Intelligence, which discusses the importance of emotional content in communication and what happens when it's missing owing to right hemisphere deficits.
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The Unbearable Preciseness of Language
I am fascinated with Iain McGilchrist's The Master and the Emissary, so I am sharing a short segment on the precision and insufficiency of language.
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Cerebral Hemisphere Differences: Pattern Definition
I am fascinated with Iain McGilchrist's The Master and the Emissary, so I am sharing a short segment on some differences in the way the left and right hemispheres perceive the world, particularly regarding specificity and generality.
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Cerebral Hemisphere Differences: Woods and Trees
I am fascinated with Iain McGilchrist's The Master and the Emissary, so I am sharing a short segment on some differences in the way the left and right hemispheres perceive the world, particularly regarding the forest and the trees.
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Cerebral Hemisphere Differences: The Colour and the Shape
I am fascinated with Iain McGilchrist's The Master and the Emissary, so I am sharing a short segment on some differences in the way the left and right hemispheres perceive the world.
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The Truth about Truth
In today’s segment, I share my perspectives on the truth about truth, a notion I don't much believe in.
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Video Review: The Problem with Postmodernism
In the short segment, I share my thoughts on an Institute of Art and Ideas video labelled 'Should we move away from postmodernism?'.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Five: Apprehension
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the fifth chapter, Apprehension, which contains commentary on some neurological case studies with a particular focus on split hemisphere persons.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Four: Judgment
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the fourth chapter, Judgment, which contains commentary on some neurological case studies with a particular focus on split hemisphere persons.
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Using AI to Decode Speech from Brain Activity
In this short segment, I share my thoughts on assessing speech from human brain activity.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Three: Perception
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the third chapter, Perception, which contains commentary on some neurological case studies with a particular focus on split hemisphere persons.
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White Feminism
In this segment, I talk about some problems with white feminism.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter Two: Attention
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide a summary and share my thoughts on the second chapter, Attention, which contains commentary on some neurological case studies with a particular focus on split hemisphere persons.
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The Matter with Project Managers
In this segment, I discuss the connexion between project managers and hemispheric asymmetries and differences in the human brain.
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The Matter with Things on Amazon.com.
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SUMMARY: The Matter with Things: Chapter One
In this segment, join me on my journey reading The Matter with Things. I provide some biographical background on the author Iain McGilchrist and discuss the first chapter, Some Preliminaries and How We Got Here, which serves as an introduction and establishes some foundation for the rest of the book.
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Anatomy of a Social Media Challenge
In this short segment, I discuss an uncomfortable exchange on soclal media outlet, LinkedIn.
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Original LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/khafrejay_well-all-foreign-models-but-hell-yeah-activity-6971230182766510080-WSFB
Hemispheres
In this short segment, I provide an introduction to my thoughts on Iain McGilchrist's The Matter with Things. All misinterpretations are my own.
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The Matter with Things
A quick update on my progress reading Iain McGilchrist's The Matter with Things.
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Reading: The Last Messiah by Peter Wessel Zapffe (FULL)
In the segment, I read The Last Messiah, an Essay by Peter Wessel Zapffe
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Postmodernism Is Bollox
In this abbreviated segment, I articulate why Postmodernism is bollocks. Take a listen, and share your comments.
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BOOK REVIEW: Logic Made Easy: How to Know How Language Deceives You by Deborah Bennett
In this segment I review Deborah Bennett's book Logic Made Easy: How to Know How Language Deceives You by Deborah Bennett
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BOOK REVIEW: Better Never to Have Been, The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar.
This is an audio rendition of my review of the book Better Never to Have Been, The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar. In this book, Benatar defends the anti-natalist position that bringing sentient life into the world is immoral, although most of his argumentation is focused on human procreation.
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