Attention is an art form. Perception is a skill.
This Episode: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson Web: https://www.jonathanrowson.me/ Perspectiva Press: https://systems-souls-society.com/insight/perspectiva-press/ The Moves That Matter: https://www.amazon.com/Moves-That-Matter-Chess-Grandmaster/dp/1635573327 Aeon: https://aeon.co/essays/playing-chess-is-an-essential-life-lesson-in-concentration Metamodernism and the Perception of Context: https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/ Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSideViewCo SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco
Bonnitta Roy returns to the podcast to discuss relations among science, Buddhism, and philosophy. In this conversation, Bonnitta responds to Evan Thompson's comments on Buddhist modernism from episode 25, offering a different image of the science and Buddhism dialogue grounded in notions of embodiment and complex dynamical systems. This Episode: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bonnittaroy Substack: https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/ Bonnitta's TSV essay: https://thesideview.co/journal/cognition-in-the-wild/ Buddhist Modernism w/ Evan Thompson: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco/tsvepisode25evanthompson Buddhist Modernism Summary: https://thebasecamp.substack.com/p/buddhist-modernism Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesideview Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSideViewCo SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco
This new series features guests recorded in front of a live audience. In this episode, we talked with Matthew David Segall about his book Physics of the World Soul: Whitehead's Adventure in Cosmology. Matthew is an assistant professor in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Fan Francisco, California where he teaches courses on German Idealism, process philosophy, and more. This Episode: Matthew Segall: https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/0ThouArtThat0 Blog: https://footnotes2plato.com/ Physics of the World Soul: https://tinyurl.com/awdp6t57 Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesideview Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSideViewCo SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco
Evan Thompson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and an Associate Member of the Department of Asian Studies and the Department of Psychology (Cognitive Science Group). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. This Episode: Evan Thompson: https://evanthompson.me/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/evantthompson Buddhist modernism: https://thebasecamp.substack.com/p/buddhist-modernism The Embodied Mind (Revised Edition): https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/embodied-mind-revised-edition Waking, Dreaming, Being: https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Dreaming-Being-Consciousness-Neuroscience/dp/0231136951 The Blind Spot: https://aeon.co/essays/the-blind-spot-of-science-is-the-neglect-of-lived-experience Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ Web: http://thesideview.co/
Ryan Duns is a Jesuit priest and theologian. He is also an assistant professor of theology at Marquette University. In the first half of the episode, we talk about his book Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age and some of the main figures who feature in it, including William Desmond, Charles Taylor, and Pierre Hadot. The second half of the episode focuses on Ryan's contemplative practices and insights, and how he includes both in his courses. This Episode: Ryan Duns: https://twitter.com/DunsSj Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268108137... Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewC... Web: http://thesideview.co/
Dr. Sadler has been teaching at colleges and universities for over 21 years, and he is the author of one book and dozens of articles, chapters, encyclopedia entries, and online essays. He is also the President of ReasonIO, through which he gives public lectures, online classes, tutorials, and philosophical counseling sessions. He has created over 1,700 online videos about philosophy, and to date those videos have been viewed over 9.5 million times. I talked with Dr. Sadler about his online work, and about one of his latest lecture series on the work of Pierre Hadot and the idea of philosophy as way of life. This Episode: Gregory B. Sadler: https://twitter.com/philosopher70 ReasonIO: https://reasonio.wordpress.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sadler Pierre Hadot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9K__... Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewC... Web: http://thesideview.co/ Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco
This episode is reposted from an event held at The Stoa. The introduction to the episode reviews many of the topics and disciplines TSV has covered so far (perceptual learning, contemplative practice east and west, BJJ, stoicism, Pierre Hadot, psychedelics, and more), while the second half is a recording of the live event held at The Stoa, which includes an account of TSV's philosophy and history, and a Q&A organized around the organization's vision and future. This Episode: Peter Limberg: https://twitter.com/peternlimberg The Stoa: https://www.thestoa.ca/ Support The Stoa: https://www.patreon.com/the_stoa The return of the guilds: https://thebasecamp.substack.com/p/th... Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewC... Web: http://thesideview.co/
This episode features Andrew McLuhan. Andrew is the grandson of Marshall McLuhan and the son of Eric McLuhan. Together the McLuhans have written dozens of books on media theory and philosophy and they've coined many of the field's key concepts and insights. In 2017 Andrew founded The McLuhan Institute, which stores some of the McLuhans' books, notes, annotations, papers, artifacts, and more. We talked about the institute and what thinking like a McLuhan can offer us today. This Episode: Andrew McLuhan: https://twitter.com/amicusadastra The McLuhan Institute Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mcluhan Order Written Matter: https://revelore.press/product/written-matter-andrew-mcluhan/ Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqUALxwqj9MVRVqzsgJzN5Q Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ Web: http://thesideview.co/
Johannes Niederhauser is a philosopher and published author. He is also the founder of Halkyon: The Thinker's Guild. Halkyon is bringing traditional philosophical training methods to the world of online media through courses, apprenticeships, publications, and more. The guild combines philosophy, art, poetry, and technology to build a human world of beauty and sense. This Episode: Johannes Niederhauser: https://twitter.com/JohannesAchill The Halkyon Thinkers Guild: https://www.halkyonguild.org/ Classical Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/c/ClassicalPh... Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewC... Web: http://thesideview.co/
The New Localism refers to a set of practices that bring together the ideals of localism with the collective intelligence made possible by the internet. Jason and Joe discuss their experiences with homesteading while leveraging online community and insights from applied complexity thinking in their work. This Episode: Joe Norman (https://twitter.com/normonics) and Jason Snyder (https://twitter.com/cognazor) Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ Web: http://thesideview.co/
Wolf Tivy and Ash Milton are editors at Palladium Magazine, an online and print publication that explores postliberalism and governance futurism. Palladium also features an online forum and a podcast. We discussed the role of new media in creating better coordination mechanisms for the future. This Episode: Wolf Tivy (https://twitter.com/wolftivy) Ash Milton (https://twitter.com/miltonwrites) https://palladiummag.com/ Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ Web: http://thesideview.co/
[Please note: This episode was recorded prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.] In this episode, we talk about the work of architect, builder, and design theorist 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 architecture based around Alexander's ideas. Check them out at https://buildingbeauty.org Consider supporting TSV on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thesideview or PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/thesideview Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Don't forget to rate and review the show!
David Collins currently works as a clinic manager in the psychology department at the University of Texas in Austin. He undertook a double-major in religion and psychology at Dartmouth, a masters in contemplative theology at the Graduate Theological Union, another masters in world religion at Harvard, and he has a PhD in clinical psychology. Here he speaks on the wisdom and religiosity of Socrates in a short 13-minute talk. He has contributed two essays to The Side View, "Deconstructing Mindfulness" and "The Contemplative's Conscience," available here: https://thesideview.co/articles__trashed/deconstructing-mindfulness/ https://thesideview.co/articles__trashed/the-contemplatives-conscience/
In today's episode I spoke with the cognitive scientist and philosopher Kevin Connolly. Kevin's work focuses on what he calls perception-based learning, which shows that there are deep and important links between the practices we engage in and the way our perception is formed, all the way down to the physiological structure of the brain and the body. He has a great new book out called, Perceptual Learning: The Flexibility of the Senses, which is available now wherever books are sold. As I mention in the episode, Kevin's book really does feel like a justification for everything I'm doing here at TSV, so finding his research was pretty edifying. We talked about perceptual transformation and practice in wine tasters, soccer players, meditators, and more. Support: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview Donate: https://www.paypal.me/thesideview Web: http://thesideview.co/
Jeremy Johnson is an author, editor, and teacher. He founded the new media learning platform Nura Learning and works for Revelore Press. I spoke with Jeremy about the evolution of consciousness, new media and digital technologies, and the work of Jean Gebser, who is the focal point of Jeremy's new book Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness. Gebser's work on the phenomenology of consciousness and its ongoing mutations will be of interest to anyone trying to make new sense of our emerging planetary and digital cultures. Support: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview Donate: https://www.paypal.me/thesideview Web: http://thesideview.co/
My guest today is Matthew T. Segall, PhD. Matt is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He teaches courses on German Idealism and process philosophy and has published on topics including religious studies, metaphysics, psychedelics, media theory, and the philosophical presuppositions of science
Michael Tremblay is pursuing his PhD in Stoic philosophy at Queen's University. Outside of philosophy, he is an avid competitor in different martial arts, holding a black-belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He also wrestles for Queen's University.
My guest today is Jacob Given. Jacob is a doctoral student of systematic theology and spirituality in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. His research interests include philosophy and Christianity, phenomenology, and metaphysics.
Abeba's research in cognition, digital technology, and data science explores the relationships between individuals, society, and technology.
My guest today is Bonnitta Roy. Bonnitta is Founder of Alderlore Insight Center and Founding Associate of APP Associates, International. She is an author and international presenter on post-formal learning and thinking, and the new sciences of complexity. She teaches a Master's course in consciousness studies at The Graduate Institute, and is an associate editor of Integral Review.
In this episode of the podcast I spoke with Joe Norman. Joe describes himself as a recovering academic and an applied complexity scientist. He focuses on complex systems engineering and design, systemic and large-scale risk, systems strategy, and systems-thinking education. This work, Joe tells me, is engaged in for the pursuit of liberty, localism, self-determination, and self-sufficiency.
I'm joined today by David Collins, who some of you may recognize as a contributor to The Side View essay series. He's contributed two articles, one on Western mysticism and contemplative practice and another on the history of mindfulness in the United States. You'll notice at the top of the show that I took a different approach in this episode in that I asked David to lead us through two short meditation exercises—one at the beginning of the episode and another one towards the end. As you'll hear in a moment, David is an experienced and excellent guide in these areas, so I encourage you all to follow along and participate with us.
Peter Sjöstedt-H is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher of mind and a metaphysician who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer, with special regard to panpsychism and altered states of sentience. Peter received a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a Master's degree in Continental Philosophy from the University of Warwick, where he was awarded a first-class distinction for his dissertation on Kant and Schelling in relation to intellectual intuition. He subsequently became a Philosophy Lecturer in London for six years and has now passed his PhD at Exeter University, where he also teaches philosophy modules and writing skills. Peter is the author of Noumenautics and is an inspiration behind the inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.
Roope Kaaronen is a Doctoral Candidate at the Environmental Policy Research Group at the University of Helsinki. His research interests include pro-environmental behavior and cognition, the socio-cognitive aspects of environmental crisis, and the organization of science in society. His research draws on embodied cognitive science, ecological and environmental psychology, affordance theory, philosophy of science and mind, sociology, and systems theory.
Erik Davis is an author, a podcaster, an award-winning journalist, and a lecturer based in San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on the intersection of alternative religion, media, and the popular imagination. He is the author of several books, including Nomad Codes, The Visionary State, and TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information. His work has been translated into a dozen languages, and his essays have appeared in scores of books, including Zig Zag Zen, Magic in the Modern World, The World According to Philip K. Dick, and AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Μan. Erik explores the cultures of consciousness on his long-running weekly podcast Expanding Mind, on the Progressive Radio Network. He has also written for The Wire, Bookforum, Arthur, Artforum, Wired, the LA Weekly, and the Village Voice, and he has been interviewed by CNN, the BBC, public radio, and the New York Times. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University, and recently earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice University. His next book, High Weirdness: Drugs, Visions, and Esoterica in the Seventies, will be out in the Spring of 2019 through MIT Press and Strange Attractor. Aaron Weiss is a doctoral candidate in philosophy and religion program at CIIS in San Francisco, where he studies Indo-Tibetan and Western philosophies.
What you're about to hear is a live episode of the podcast that we recorded on October 4 in San Francisco. This event coincided with the launch of The Side View website and it gave me a chance to describe the TSV vision in front of a few friends and colleagues. In the first 30 or 40 minutes of the episode, I take a deeper dive into some of the philosophical influences that went into creating The Side View. I talk about the French philosopher Pierre Hadot and his conception of philosophy as a mode of existential training or exercise, I get into a little bit of phenomenology through the work of Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson, and Dan Zahavi, and I talk about the role of media ecology and affordance environments in The Side View's general philosophy. As I mention at the start of the talk, you can also find a shorter four-minute version of these ideas on the About page of our website, but if you want the full back story on TSV and its inspirations, this episode is a great place to start. As always, feel free to drop us a line if these lines of thought spark any new questions or ideas for you. I hope you enjoy the episode.
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