Beyond Dichotomy.
Mostly unscripted. Conversations across traditional divides. Public care. Thinking kaleidoscopically. Philosophy as a verb.
FAQ: Andrea’s book ‘Holding Paradox: the navigational approach to mind and consciousness’ is to be published in 2026. The much lighter 44-page Making Ways pamphlet Embracing Paradox is here. If you’re interested in the Making Ways philosophical index, you can sign up for that here. Radical relation paper is here. Deck and scheduling link is here.
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Needful Freedom in the context of Silicon Valley with Mike Brock
A tech entrepreneur turns to philosophy
We are Not Machines! with Johannes Jaeger
We are not machines with Yogi and Fotis
Body Knowledge
Body Knowledge and 4E Cognition
Love in Times of Crisis
love in a time of crisis with Wittgenstein and Rupert Read
Empowerment in Robotics with Dari
empowerment in robotics and real life
In Defence of the Human Being
“beyond self-hatred and narcissism to love and conviviality” with philosopher and psychiatrist Thomas Fuchs of Universität Heidelberg
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.
in defense of love, a bit overly sentimental but felt when spoken
love matters and we can experience the world at another vibration beyond dichotomy love, andrea
How to see the Blind Spot with philosopher Evan Thompson
How can we see the blind spot in philosophy and science? And why is the key to the meaning crisis and its ecological ramifications? with Evan Thompson
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.
Why we are all talking about ‘affordances’ with Harry Heft
Why are we all talking about affordances? Who was JJ Gibson and what did he have to do with William James? A look into ecological psychology with Harry Heft.
Academic Dissonance and Unexpected Paths
Academia, living in an RV, starting a neuroscience podcast and issues of computation and representation
All Those Yesterdays
All those yesterdays: the oscillating self with John Koethe
Paths and Power of Paradox
Paths of Power and Paradox with Minna Salami
The Real World and its Many Models with Michela Massimi
Real World and its Many Models with Michela Massimi
Life after Life with philosopher Alva Noë
The Entanglement with Alva Noë
Bernardo Kastrup is an Apple Blossom
What is consciousness?
Embracing Everyday Battles
Embracing Everyday Battles: The Power of Design in Life
Hidden Spring
The Hidden Spring and Consciousness as Feeling with psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist Marc Solms
Synchrony between mind and nature
Fractals of nature in the brain body and world. A new spatiotemporal approach to neuroscience and philosophy.
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The Embrace of Contradiction.
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.

