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Erik Desmazieres' illustration for Borges' 'Library of Babel'Source of above image.From Philosopher's Zone, 'We need to talk about Hegel' -- Joe Gelonesi talks to Paul Redding abou... Read more

Paperblog Pick in Philosophy

The Ring-Form Challenge

The challenge is simple: for any given text – poem, drama, novel, film, what have you – is it a ring or not? That is, does it have the form:A, B, … X … B’, A’ORA, B, … X, X’, …... Read more

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Walter Murch on Collective Creativity

Two summers ago I was working on a series of posts about Apocalypse Now. One day I got an email from one Walter Murch, a man I did not know. But I knew the... Read more

The 18 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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Interlude: Dylan Thomas Constructs a WONDERFUL Chiasmus

Some years ago, before I got a computer, I read. R. G. Peterson, Critical Calculations: Measure and Symmetry in Literature (PMLA 91, 3, May 1976: 367-375). Read more

The 05 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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From Heart of Darkness to Apocalypse Now

We know that Apocalypse Now was conceived as a film in which the story of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness would be not re-created but more like re-imagined... Read more

The 29 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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“Kubla Khan” – A Brief Anatomy

I don’t know how many times I’ve mentioned my work on “Kubla Khan” in one context or another and then gone on to cite either of both of my 1985 paper in Languag... Read more

The 04 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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What Are the Units That Perception Measures the World In? Firestone Vs Proffitt

Perception is an act of measurement, and, like all acts of measurement, it needs a scale in order to be useful. Think about placing something on your kitchen... Read more

The 20 November 2013 by Andrew D Wilson
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Description Redux, Again: On the Methodological Centrality of Diagrams

Broadly considered, description is how phenomena are brought into intellectual discourse. Such discourse is thereby bounded by the scope of the descriptive... Read more

The 14 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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5Pointz is Dead! Long Live Graffiti!

It’s been coming for some time now, the death of 5Pointz. The building’s owner, Jerry Wolkoff, decided to cash in on his investment, as is his right, and put... Read more

The 20 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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"Kubla Khan" and "This Lime-Tree Bower" Compared

On "Kubla Khan"; on "This Lime-Tree Bower".“Kubla Khan” (KK) and “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” (LTB) are very different poems, so different that if we... Read more

The 08 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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What I Learned in Turkey About Forecasting Turkey Dinner

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.The Byzantine stronghold of Constantinople, the Rome of the East, fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 after a millennium of rule fro... Read more

The 25 November 2013 by Realizingresonance
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Prose Rhythm, 2 Sentences by Hemingway

I’ve read a great deal of Hemingway, but years ago. He’s noted for his style. Here’s a paragraph from the Wikipedia entry:The simplicity of the prose is... Read more

The 04 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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“This Lime-Tree Bower” – A Brief Anatomy

The 07 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Native American Worldviews

The 26 November 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
What’s Photography About, Anyhow?

The 29 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
The Illuminati: Leapin' Lizards!

The 10 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
What’s a Global Reading for, Anyhow?

The 05 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Intensities, light at the threshold of pain

The 22 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Extraordinary philosophy links

The 14 November 2013 by Praymont : Culture,
Freud Does Disney

The 11 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Down to the Bay: A Jersey City Photo Essay

The 27 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
The Ring-Form Challenge

The 07 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Meta-poetics of MOOCs

The 15 November 2013 by Stfallen : Self Expression
Replication will not save psychology

The 07 November 2013 by Andrew D Wilson : Languages, Psychology, Science
Theological Nonsense

The 11 November 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
“First American” Religion

The 18 November 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Death’s Moment

The 08 November 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Flowers from someone who lives here

The 11 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
From Today's Catch

The 18 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Spirit Quest

The 13 November 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Welcome to Wayquay's

The 27 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
The Origin of Golf, a Just-So Story Involving Shepherds and Pebbles

The 24 November 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society