Doing some research for new videos. I love everything I've ever read by Mortimer Adler. His syntopicon is the most underrated book ever. This book is also brilliant. Pretty wild to see how hard he goes against alphabetical organization methods haha but I got to this chapter on libraries this morning and I think it's going to help me organize my own! How fortuitous π
but I may employ something like Francis Bacon's tricotomy, which he based on his understanding of the three-fold division of the human faculties: memory, imagination, and reason.
Memory would cover history books, I think all reference books, nature guide books, commentaries and such.
Imagination is easy. My SF and fantasy and all fiction.
Reason is philosophy, systematic theology, productivity, language learning, physics, psychology.
I'm not totally sold but it could be a start atleast.
Also, I'm not sure if that's a genuine Mortimer Adler signature. If it is then I should not have written in this book π
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I was invited to contribute to a book on Warhammer 40k and Theology. I wasn't sure about this universe but some of you recommended it to me and then there's Henry Cavill's continuous endorsements haha so I decided to jump it. My essay won't be due for a year or more so I have plenty of time to jump in. I hear this is a good start book-wise and Lorehammer is the podcast to listen to. Any 40k folks out here have other resources for me?
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Nice! My paper on the philosophy of mind, artificial general intelligence, and consciousness was accepted into the journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness lol the perfect place for it ππ€π€π€ gotta figure out some more details but I'm hoping to make the penultimate draft available on my Substack, Parker's Ponderings πͺπͺ
New short story up on Sages, Mages, and Wisdom Machines, my short story section of my substack. This one is a different take on Fredric Brown's fantastic story "Answer". My short stories are much goofier than I plan for my science fantasy space opera to be but I think they'll help me hone my skills as I prep for the big one. Check the latest story out here: parknotes.substack.com/p/inscrutable-intelligence
I've wanted to write a philosophical SF novel since becoming a book worm 11 years ago. I'm finally doing it. I definitely like writing SF shorts more because you can be way weirder without making your readers mad. Their time investment is far less so they'll let you botch a story or goof them a bit more. But I'm going to buckle down and actually write a novel. I'm still in research phase but I think I have the skeleton of the plot down, there are one or two sections that I need to figure out and then I can make a more detailed outline. I'm reading a ton of SF now to prime the pump and hopefully avoid overdone tropes or spin them in fresh(ish) ways. Lots of my philosopher friends love SF and for many, it's the reason they got into philosophy in the first place. Would be cool to see more philosophers writing fiction. Maybe if mine doesn't suck too bad it could be an encouragement to others π
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