Category Archives: Deep Play

Natural philosophy

Posted on May 10, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature, known in Latin as philosophia naturalis, is a term applied to the objective study of nature and the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science. It is considered the … Continue reading →

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Glaucon

Posted on March 15, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Glaucon (Greek: Γλαύκων) (born circa 445 BC) son of Ariston, was the philosopher Plato’s older brother. He is primarily known as a major conversant with Socrates in the Republic (Plato), and the questioner during the Allegory of the Cave. He … Continue reading →

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The Value of the Dollar

Posted on February 14, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Ingenuity The term ingenuity or applied ideas is used in the analysis of Thomas Homer-Dixon, building on that of Paul Romer, to refer to what is usually called instructional capital. Ingenuity is often inherent in creative individuals, and thus is … Continue reading →

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Self Evident Dimensional Perspective

Posted on November 17, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Where a dictionary proceeds in a circular manner, defining a word by reference to another, the basic concepts of mathematics are infinitely closer to an indecomposable element”, a kind of elementary particle” of thought with a minimal amount of ambiguity … Continue reading →

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Housebuilding

Posted on April 13, 2007 by PlatoHagel

It all start off as “a dream” or “an idea.” Where do these come from? Dialogos of Eide This is the house similar to what we will be constructing, with some modifications of course. Most know of my time helping … Continue reading →

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Craftsman of Plato

Posted on April 7, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Time is of your own making; its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought time too stops dead. Angelus Silesius See Status of Warp Drive Smolin had some deep questions and relevance “about” time? :) Some “updates” … Continue reading →

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Nurturing Creativity

Posted on April 5, 2007 by PlatoHagel

See here and here It looks as if moderation, or maybe technical problems, has set in for me at Cosmic Variance. So I have to go from the last statement made there by Lee that I was allowed to contribute. … Continue reading →

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It’s a Penquin?

Posted on March 16, 2007 by PlatoHagel

The jump from conventional field theories of point-like objects to a theory of one-dimensional objects has striking implications. The vibration spectrum of the string contains a massless spin-2 particle: the graviton. Its long wavelength interactions are described by Einstein’s theory … Continue reading →

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Thomas Young: Deep PLay

Posted on March 4, 2007 by PlatoHagel

A final aspect of beauty that was often cited by readers might be called “deep play”. This is the sense that we are actively engaged with something outside ourselves that is responding to us – rather than watching a game … Continue reading →

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Newton’s Space was the Sensorium

Posted on February 24, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the greatest scientists and … Continue reading →

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