By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 20 Jan 21
There is some continuity here with yesterday’s post on the mystical, or ineffable aspects of human sense-making. Aporetic theology is a form of knowledge by negation, a via negationis in which we can know what something is not but not truly what it is. To quote Aquinas “Now, because we cannot know what God is, but rather what He is not, we have no means for considering how God is, but rather how He is not”. In the modern-day Karen Armstrong in various books has argued that religious experience can not be argued about per se and follows a fairly common
There is some continuity here with yesterday’s post on the mystical, or ineffable aspects of human sense-making. Aporetic theology is a form of knowledge by negation, a via negationis in which we can know what something is not but not truly what it is. To quote Aquinas “Now, because we cannot know what God is, but rather what He is not,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 Jan 21
I’ve started all the other posts in this brief series with a health warning and today is no exception. The first post was about theology which triggered two posts about the theory and suggested the practice of creating trichotomies rather than crude polarities. In the final post, I want to return to a religious theme, hopefully without too much piety. But this may or may not interest you, so if you continue don’t say you haven’t been warned! I promised something that would at least start a conversation about the role of mystery in human sensemaking. Another key concept here
I’ve started all the other posts in this brief series with a health warning and today is no exception. The first post was about theology which triggered two posts about the theory and suggested the practice of creating trichotomies rather than crude polarities. In the final post, I want to return to a religious theme, hopefully without too much piety.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Jan 21
The theory post of yesterday came with a health warning and this one does as well – There are some things that really irritate me and drove these two posts so the next three paragraphs are polemical, jump to the new method if you want to avoid them Anyone who follows me on social media will know how annoyed I get with people creating simplistic tables with two columns. In the first column various existing practices are redescribed to indicate how evil they are, and then in the second column the qualities of sainthood, which of course no one can
The theory post of yesterday came with a health warning and this one does as well – There are some things that really irritate me and drove these two posts so the next three paragraphs are polemical, jump to the new method if you want to avoid them Anyone who follows me on social media will know how annoyed I
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Jan 21
Warning note: This post is an introduction to a practical method and approach to handling conflicts and differences in organisations and society, which I will outline tomorrow. But to get there I am going to ramble through some fairly esoteric references to theologians and post-modern political geography so if you want to skip today’s post and wait for the follow up I will understand. As one does from time to time, this afternoon I was chatting about Trinitarian doctrine, its revival under Barth (known as The Red Pastor), and the links to Rahner (I studied his works at University and spent one
Warning note: This post is an introduction to a practical method and approach to handling conflicts and differences in organisations and society, which I will outline tomorrow. But to get there I am going to ramble through some fairly esoteric references to theologians and post-modern political geography so if you want to skip today’s post and wait for the follow
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jan 21
Earlier in the month I wrote two posts on networks, and in the second gave the first public airing to one of the most important developments of the last few years namely Entangled Trios. On either side of the link you will see posts from my good friend Valdis Krebs. This post is a response to those and to discussions that have gone on since, all of which are linked to the upcoming Exploratory which will examine the links between anthro-complexity and network sciences. We will cover the nature and limitations of social network analysis. ideas of deliberative entanglement and
Earlier in the month I wrote two posts on networks, and in the second gave the first public airing to one of the most important developments of the last few years namely Entangled Trios. On either side of the link you will see posts from my good friend Valdis Krebs. This post is a response to those and to discussions
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 13 Jan 21
In this final, for the moment, post on creating aporia I want to focus on the ways in which physical activity and the wider environment can create the conditions to think differently and to find novel solutions in times of perplexity and confusion. In some ways it is the most important section given that we live (sic) in a material world and our consciousness is embodied, it cannot exist independently unless of course, you believe in the singularity in which case your brain has probably decayed to the point where a transfer to silicon may work. I remember when
In this final, for the moment, post on creating aporia I want to focus on the ways in which physical activity and the wider environment can create the conditions to think differently and to find novel solutions in times of perplexity and confusion. In some ways it is the most important section given that we live (sic) in a material
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Jan 21
Earlier today I got irritated by several things on social media. I admit that this is not unusual and some would argue that I obviously enjoy the stimulation too much. The Trump being deplatformed was worrying rather than irritating by the way as I have a nasty feeling that is going to backfire. I am long overdue a post on the whole free speech issue so more on that in the future. There were two immediate forms of irritation. The first was a modern form of plagiarism in which people read your articles and blogs, take ideas and original sources from
Earlier today I got irritated by several things on social media. I admit that this is not unusual and some would argue that I obviously enjoy the stimulation too much. The Trump being deplatformed was worrying rather than irritating by the way as I have a nasty feeling that is going to backfire. I am long overdue a post on the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Jan 21
It is 2021, and many of us don’t know quite what that entails. Most were very glad to see the back of 2020, and many colourful, expletive-filled goodbyes were said. As this happened, I and many others reminded ourselves that 2021 will be just as difficult, if not even more demanding. What a moment then to introduce new things! Can we still muster the energy to think about them? To me, the answer has to be “more than ever”. One of the reasons the transition from ’20 to ’21 has been so challenging is that we still don’t know what
It is 2021, and many of us don’t know quite what that entails. Most were very glad to see the back of 2020, and many colourful, expletive-filled goodbyes were said. As this happened, I and many others reminded ourselves that 2021 will be just as difficult, if not even more demanding. What a moment then to introduce new things! Can