Spend 16 minutes of your day listening to David Collins (@bodhidave3) introduce the wisdom and life of Socrates. Description and audio here: https://thesideview.co/podcasts/tsv-episode-16-the-wisdom-of-socrates-with-david-collins/ An introduction to the life and wisdom of Socrates. thesideview.co TSV EPISODE 16: THE WISDOM OF SOCRATES WITH DAVID L. COLLINS Photo by Thomas Despeyroux Author: David L. Collins, PhD Title: University […]

TSV Episode 17 now available on all podcast players! In this episode, we talk about the work of designer, programmer, and architect Christopher Alexander. Joining us are two of Alexander’s former students, Susan Ingham and Chris Andrews. They talk about their philosophy of architecture and their program, Building Beauty, which offers a post-graduate diploma in

Meta, Modern Understanding the phenomenology of consciousness. by Jeremy Johnson (@jdj_writes) https://thesideview.co/articles/meta-modern/ Meta, Modern thesideview.co What do we mean when we say we are going “meta”?

Cognition in the Wild Perception and cognition grow out of holistically entangled events. Bonnitta Roy https://thesideview.co/articles/cognition-in-the-wild/ Cognition in the Wild thesideview.co Perception does not lead to practice which leads to skill. Rather, the modes are entangled holistically into cognitive events that grow.

Continuing a rich dialogue first initiated on TSV by Brittany Polat, and carried on by Kai Whiting and Massimo Pigliucci, here is James Daltrey’s essay “The Scientific God of the Stoics.” https://thesideview.co/articles/the-scientific-god-of-the-stoics/ The Scientific God of the Stoics thesideview.co The Stoic God sits perfectly well within a scientific worldview.

The video for our launch party at The Stoa is now online. We talked about TSV and practice (askēsis), aesthetics, the new media ecology, metamodernism, and of course, our latest issue. Many of the contributors were also there to share their perspectives. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMnCnl9uejI The Side View Launch Party w/ Adam Robbert

Our latest essay continues an ongoing dialogue on the role of God and modern science in contemporary Stoicism. “Again: Modern Science Does not Support the Stoic God, and That’s Okay” by @mpigliucci https://thesideview.co/articles/again-modern-science-does-not-support-the-stoic-god-and-thats-okay/ Again: Modern Science Does not Support the Stoic God, and That’s Okay thesideview.co Again: Modern Science Does not Support the Stoic God,

The Epistemic Burdens of the Atomized Individual How do we develop an understanding of the atomized individual? Davood Gozli https://thesideview.co/articles/the-epistemic-burdens-of-the-atomized-individual/ The Epistemic Burdens of the Atomized Individual thesideview.co The aim of this essay is to develop an understanding of the atomized individual. The term refers to a mode of existence available to all of us.

Diagnosing the Current Age: A Symptomology of the Meaning Crisis A wisdom renaissance is underway. Christopher Mastropietro and John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john) https://thesideview.co/articles/diagnosing-the-current-age/ Diagnosing the Current Age thesideview.co A wisdom renaissance is reacclimating philosophic traditions of antiquity to steer us from their New Age imitators.

The Psychodynamics of Memetic Mediation Memetic mediation is an extension of our contemplative practice. Jason Snyder https://thesideview.co/articles/the-psychodynamics-of-memetic-mediation/ The Psychodynamics of Memetic Mediation thesideview.co Memetic mediation can be seen as an extension of our contemplative practice.