Attention is an art form
Attention is an art form
This is the permanent archive of The Side View, an independent media project active from 2018 to 2023.
You can read more about us, or visit our archive to view all published works. The site is maintained by Adam Eric Robbert.
The Ecology of DesignDesign is the bootstrap by which animals, humans in particular, become capable of lifting themselves up to novel levels of existence.Roope Kaaronen, PhD(c)
Why I am not a PhysicalistQuestioning the assumptions of physicalism opens one up to new worlds of possibility.Peter Sjöstedt-H, PhD
The Role of Being: Philosophical Underpinnings in The Nature of OrderWhat do we mean when we talk about being? How can this inquiry help us as architects and designers?James M. Maguire
Inscription on the HeartThe self is surely more than the sum of its parts, but summing the parts is a way of beginning to think about who or what a self is.Claire Fanger, PhD
Why German Idealism MattersGerman idealism is an invitation to exercise our freedom of thought and to consider that what at first appears impossible may become necessary.Matthew T. Segall, PhD
Reckoning and Desire: First Critical TheoryLogos requires a faith in the reality of the good and the ordering of the human psyche to it. Without such an ordering, there could be no logos in the relevant sense.Stephen Pimentel
Generating WholesIn living systems, the whole generates the parts. The parts do not exist a priori .Joe Norman
Skillful Perception at the Scale of CivilizationCivilization-scale challenges call for civilization-scale perception.Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz
Diagnosing the Current Age: A Symptomology of the Meaning CrisisA wisdom renaissance is underway.Christopher Mastropietro & John Vervaeke
Dust to Dust: A Geology of ColorMetals and pigments are co-directors of our creative, evolutionary process.Heidi Gustafson
Cognition in the WildPerception and cognition grow out of holistically entangled events.Bonnitta Roy
Meaning and Affordance: Between Alexander and GibsonAssessing our ability to navigate the world in a meaningful way requires rethinking the subject-object stance.Benjamin Parry
