Beyond Dichotomy.
Conversations beyond dichotomy. It’s reasonable to care.
Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological and poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. Deck with scheduling link is here. If you would like to contribute to this project or share ways you have found to move beyond either/or in your work, reach out to us at admin(at)loveandphilosophy.com any time.
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The Great Psychology Delusion with Marek McGann
“You can be pluralistic and still be doing good science. You can be disciplined and scientific without thinking there’s a single objective truth you have to be aiming for. Being pluralistic is very, very different from the idea that anything goes. It is simply a recognition of multiplicity.”
The Philosophy of Puzzle Making
Can serious play be a portal to wisdom?
Robillard describes his wooden, laser-cut puzzles built from Canadian fine art, with uniquely drawn organic pieces, symbolic elements, sensory “shock,” and sometimes multiple valid placements that challenge assumptions of a single solution. The conversation emphasizes care as community glue and highlights values embedded in his work—curiosity, creativity, integrity, and generosity…
Listening to the Heart
"Triple nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with Oxford Research Group to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics from 1983-2003. Founded Peace Direct in 2002, awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003, the Luxembourg Peace Prize in 2020, the GOI Peace Award in 2023. Founded The Business Plan for Peace based on her latest books - The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War (2017), The Mighty Heart: how to transform conflict (2020), and The Mighty Heart in Action (2022)."
Changing Minds, Metaphysics, and a Life in Analytic Philosophy with Janet Levin
HOW NOT TO BE A ZOMBIE: what is significant & how do we change our minds?
Mutual Transformative Change with Richard Watson
A new harmonious approach to evolution.
Free Love: Rethinking Hegel’s Concept of Life with Karen Ng
Hegel and the tradition of Jena might be another way we can better understand the continuity of mind and life. The problem of contradiction might be a portal of paradox.
The Power of Focus & Precision of Puzzles with C. Thi Nguyen
A conversation with philosopher and author C. Thi Nguyen about the power of focus, the precision of puzzles, porn, art, vulnerability, and the dangers and delights of gaming and playing.
Pure Consciousness
Pure consciousness with Thomas Metzinger
The Lure of Convenience with Sabina Leonelli
Complimentary Science & the Lures of Convenience with Sabina Leonelli and Fotis
Waymaking: starting to understand it through Orientation, Sequence and Perspectival Trajectories
way-making approach key ideas: orientation, sequence, perspectival trajectories
Loving to Know with philosopher Esther Lightcap Meek
Loving to Know, Michael Polanyi and Esther Lightcap Meek
The Hippocampus & Action at a Distance
memory & action at a distance with Lynn Nadel
Living in Flow with the most famous man in neuroscience
He’s been called the most famous man in neuroscience and he certainly has one of the hightest h-index scores but the real value requires some belief updates.
Embracing Paradox, Evolving Language with Lisa Maroski and Andrea Hiott
Evolving Language via Paradox with Lisa Maroski
The Care of Things
The Care of Things: fragility is not the opposite of strength
Interbrain synchrony and human connection
What If Connection Isn’t Only About Being in Sync?
Moving Beyond Binaries in Education Tim Logan & Andrea Hiott on Future Learning Design
Moving Beyond Binaries in Education
Radical Memory
Radical Memory as Embodied, the process of communication with your body and world: Andrea Hiott’s Radical embodied memory idea
Hippocampus Love with Lynn Nadel part 4
hippocampus love
Constellation Thinking
kaleidoscopic cognition and constellation thinking, seeing at least three in everything
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Holding Paradox: A Navigational Approach to Mind & Consciousness
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Embracing Paradox.
A Light Little Guide for the Times (44 pages)
This is Book One of the Embracing Paradox pamphlet series published by Making Ways. It’s about the ability to hold seemingly contradictory ideas in mind at once, while maintaining motivation and meaning in troubled times.
As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." This book is a step in that direction.
A Light Little Guide for the Times (44 pages)
This is Book One of the Embracing Paradox series published by Making Ways. It’s about the ability to hold seemingly contradictory ideas in mind at once, while maintaining motivation and meaning in troubled times. It also lays the groundwork for recognizing our current Complexity of Optics and reorienting towards the Complexity of Love.
As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." This book is a step in that direction. As are the resources listed on the Waymaking.