Beyond Dichotomy.
Welcome to Love & Philosophy, a project towards bringing care back into public life through constellation thinking. We’re highlighting the patterns that connect across science, technology and philosophy, holding what might seem irreconcilable, all the while focusing on an expansive approach to life and mind that explores the connection of loving and knowing. New partnerships, ideas and collaborations are welcome. You can sign up for the newsletter here. Or reach out to admin(at)loveandphilosophy.com.
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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Hippocampus Love with Lynn Nadel part 4
hippocampus love
Constellation Thinking
kaleidoscopic cognition and constellation thinking, seeing at least three in everything
E-cognition, ecog by Andrea Hiott
cognitions as a complex web connected by consciousness beyond thought
Enough of this Harrowing: Life on the Mobiüs Strip with educator and author Parker Palmer
In the belly of the paradox with the beloved Parker Palmer
Our Planetary Cognitive Ecology, from Bacteria to Bach: Expanding the Circle of Care with Kate Hayles
Our Planetary Cognitive Ecology, from Bacteria to Bach: Expanding the Circle of Care with Kate Hayles
Dialectic, Democracy & the Phenomenology of Double Consciousness
dialectic, democracy and double consciousness
Constellation Thinking
cognitions as a complex web connected by consciousness beyond thought
An Evolving Web of Complex Relations
love as an evolving complex web
Care is a form of knowledge Friday Diary from September 5th
care is a form of knowledge. the friday diary with andrea hiott
Fractal Rubik’s Cubes and the Big Machine with Michael Garfield
Fractal Rubik’s Cube and The Big Machine with Michael Garfield
What is love? Friday Diary from August 29th
what is love? friday diary with andrea hiott
The Philosophy of Bioregionalism with Felix de Rosen and Andrea Hiott
The philosophy of bioregionalism with Felix de Rosen and Andrea Hiott
Loving & Knowing with Hanne De Jaegher
The core of knowing is loving with philosopher Hanne De Jaegher
Bringing Forth Worlds with philosopher Ezequiel Di Paolo and Mirko Prokop
Autopoiesis, Autonomy, and the Enactive Approach with Ezequiel Di Paolo
Wild Thinking with Jessica Böhme
wild thinking and ekoPhilosophy
Burning to Give with Tom Morgan
wall street, wisdom, woo, illness and insight
The Dao of Complexity with Jean Boulton
The surprising connections between Doaism and Complexity Science.
Residuality Theory and the Architect’s Paradox with Barry O’Reilly
Can we embrace uncertainty and order at once in our software?
Hill Making with tech maverick Kevin Kelly
“hill-making and lessons for living
Complexity Fatigue and the Third Entity
“participatory sense-making”
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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.
