https://thesideview.co/ The permanent archive of The Side View, an independent philosophy journal published from 2018 to 2023, maintained by Adam Eric Robbert. en Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://thesideview.co/journal/finding-the-center/ https://thesideview.co/journal/finding-the-center/ David Seamon Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Understanding centers may help architects actualize vigorous places and environments that sustain thriving human life. https://thesideview.co/journal/meaning-and-affordance/ https://thesideview.co/journal/meaning-and-affordance/ Benjamin Parry Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Assessing our ability to navigate the world in a meaningful way requires rethinking the subject-object stance. https://thesideview.co/journal/complex-potential-states/ https://thesideview.co/journal/complex-potential-states/ Bonnitta Roy Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 A theory of change that can account for beauty and generate life https://thesideview.co/journal/why-christopher-alexander-failed-to-humanize-architecture/ https://thesideview.co/journal/why-christopher-alexander-failed-to-humanize-architecture/ Nikos A. Salingaros Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Practitioners who try to implement Alexander's toolkit find themselves marginalized in the architecture profession and shunned by academia. Why? https://thesideview.co/journal/reckoning-and-desire/ https://thesideview.co/journal/reckoning-and-desire/ Stephen Pimentel Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Logos 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. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-deeper-order-of-cities/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-deeper-order-of-cities/ Joni Baboci Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Small-scale urban planning coupled with decentralized, interactive local governance can enable patterns to emerge into a more complex form of citymaking. https://thesideview.co/journal/surviving-the-show/ https://thesideview.co/journal/surviving-the-show/ L. M. Sacasas Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Illich invites us to consider what it might mean to discipline our vision. Doing so may help us reframe our relationship to the digital media ecosystem. https://thesideview.co/journal/restoring-architectures-cosmic-context/ https://thesideview.co/journal/restoring-architectures-cosmic-context/ Matthew David Segall Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 By ignoring the aesthetic testimony of feeling in favor of the computational power of its models, science has blinded itself to the vitality of the universe https://thesideview.co/journal/the-role-of-being/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-role-of-being/ James M. Maguire Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 What do we mean when we talk about being? How can this inquiry help us as architects and designers? https://thesideview.co/journal/rules-of-thumb-and-adaptive-rationality/ https://thesideview.co/journal/rules-of-thumb-and-adaptive-rationality/ Roope Kaaronen Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Human cultures have used rules of thumb for centuries. During the past century, however, they have been vilified to near extinction. Is their demise justified? https://thesideview.co/journal/the-zigzag-man/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-zigzag-man/ Jenny Quillien Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Alexander is at once analytical, focused, and linear, but also intuitive, receptive, and embodied. His style is the summation of both attitudes. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-votary-on-death-and-askesis/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-votary-on-death-and-askesis/ Stephen Pimentel Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 The meditation on death is an essential form of care for one's psyche, complementary to knowledge of the self. https://thesideview.co/journal/why-civilizations-collapse/ https://thesideview.co/journal/why-civilizations-collapse/ Samo Burja Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 We have to evaluate the perceptions that mint facts and theory, not merely peruse the body of theories handed down to us. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-contemplatives-socrates/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-contemplatives-socrates/ David L. Collins Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 An original gift to the Western philosophic and spiritual tradition. https://thesideview.co/journal/cognition-in-the-wild/ https://thesideview.co/journal/cognition-in-the-wild/ Bonnitta Roy Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Perception and cognition grow out of holistically entangled events. https://thesideview.co/journal/collective-navigation/ https://thesideview.co/journal/collective-navigation/ Adam Robbert Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Introduction to Vol. 2 No. 1 https://thesideview.co/journal/diagnosing-the-current-age/ https://thesideview.co/journal/diagnosing-the-current-age/ Christopher Mastropietro & John Vervaeke Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 A wisdom renaissance is underway. https://thesideview.co/journal/mapping-metamodernism-for-collective-intelligence/ https://thesideview.co/journal/mapping-metamodernism-for-collective-intelligence/ Brent Cooper Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 What is metamodernism and how can it help us collectively navigate these times? https://thesideview.co/journal/memetic-mediation-the-hard-problem-of-the-culture-war/ https://thesideview.co/journal/memetic-mediation-the-hard-problem-of-the-culture-war/ Peter Limberg Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 We can view this new culture war, Culture War 2.0, as philosophical battles acted out in the noosphere. https://thesideview.co/journal/meta-modern/ https://thesideview.co/journal/meta-modern/ Jeremy Johnson Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Understanding the phenomenology of consciousness. https://thesideview.co/journal/power-exists-how-shall-we-use-it/ https://thesideview.co/journal/power-exists-how-shall-we-use-it/ Wolf Tivy Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 A thought experiment in the question of rule. https://thesideview.co/journal/skillful-perception-at-the-scale-of-civilization/ https://thesideview.co/journal/skillful-perception-at-the-scale-of-civilization/ Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Civilization-scale challenges call for civilization-scale perception. https://thesideview.co/journal/surfing-incoherence/ https://thesideview.co/journal/surfing-incoherence/ Jessica Burton Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Personal development is key to collective navigation. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-epistemic-burdens-of-the-atomized-individual/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-epistemic-burdens-of-the-atomized-individual/ Davood Gozli Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 How do we develop an understanding of the atomized individual? https://thesideview.co/journal/the-instrument-of-navigation/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-instrument-of-navigation/ Raymond Finzel Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Emotions are a faculty of perception. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-psychodynamics-of-memetic-mediation/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-psychodynamics-of-memetic-mediation/ Jason Snyder Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Memetic mediation is an extension of our contemplative practice. https://thesideview.co/journal/warm-data-and-iced-lemonade/ https://thesideview.co/journal/warm-data-and-iced-lemonade/ Nora Bateson & Explorers of Liminality Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 A deeply human response to complexity is possible. https://thesideview.co/journal/what-is-metamodernism-and-why-does-it-matter/ https://thesideview.co/journal/what-is-metamodernism-and-why-does-it-matter/ Greg Dember Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Metamodernism and the structure of feeling. https://thesideview.co/journal/again-modern-science-does-not-support-the-stoic-god-and-thats-okay/ https://thesideview.co/journal/again-modern-science-does-not-support-the-stoic-god-and-thats-okay/ Massimo Pigliucci Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Massimo Pigliucci, PhD https://thesideview.co/journal/the-scientific-god-of-the-stoics/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-scientific-god-of-the-stoics/ James Daltrey Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The Stoic God sits perfectly well within a scientific worldview. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-side-view-introduction-to-issue-2/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-side-view-introduction-to-issue-2/ Adam Robbert Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Conversions of being. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-conservation-of-suffering/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-conservation-of-suffering/ Matthew Pirkowski Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Empirical and theoretical lines of research point back to truths once taken at face value as the foundation of the human condition https://thesideview.co/journal/meditative-awareness-and-the-symbiotic-real/ https://thesideview.co/journal/meditative-awareness-and-the-symbiotic-real/ Jane Affleck, PhD Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Meditation aids the process of turning away from anthropocentrism and toward solidarity with other beings. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-stoic-god-is-untenable-in-the-light-of-modern-science/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-stoic-god-is-untenable-in-the-light-of-modern-science/ Massimo Pigliucci Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Why do modern Stoics have animated discussions about ancient Stoic metaphysics? https://thesideview.co/journal/into-a-quiet-within-reflections-on-arboreal-phenomenology/ https://thesideview.co/journal/into-a-quiet-within-reflections-on-arboreal-phenomenology/ Laura Pustarfi, PhD Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Reconsidering arboreal phenomenology has implications for our human relationships to trees and forests, both personal and societal. https://thesideview.co/journal/evagriuss-demons/ https://thesideview.co/journal/evagriuss-demons/ Jacob Given Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The world offers resistance, sometimes it even overwhelms us, and we are compelled to theorize in order to regain balance, to find relief. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-stoic-god-a-call-to-science-or-faith/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-stoic-god-a-call-to-science-or-faith/ Kai Whiting Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 A rational belief in the Stoic god can enhance your connection to and understanding of yourself and the world you inhabit. https://thesideview.co/journal/on-stoic-transcendence/ https://thesideview.co/journal/on-stoic-transcendence/ Brittany Polat Fri, 07 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Stoic transcendence is an active exercise that takes us to a new level of understanding about the world. https://thesideview.co/journal/dust-to-dust/ https://thesideview.co/journal/dust-to-dust/ Heidi Gustafson Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Metals and pigments are co-directors of our creative, evolutionary process. https://thesideview.co/journal/why-i-am-not-a-physicalist/ https://thesideview.co/journal/why-i-am-not-a-physicalist/ Peter Sjöstedt-H, PhD Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Questioning the assumptions of physicalism opens one up to new worlds of possibility. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-side-view-introduction-to-the-series/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-side-view-introduction-to-the-series/ Adam Robbert Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Attention is an art form. Perception is a skill. https://thesideview.co/journal/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-as-a-form-of-stoic-askesis/ https://thesideview.co/journal/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-as-a-form-of-stoic-askesis/ Michael Tremblay Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), a modern grappling martial art, can be one of the best contemporary forms of Stoic askēsis for those wishing to improve themselves. https://thesideview.co/journal/mixing-it-up/ https://thesideview.co/journal/mixing-it-up/ Liam Satchell, PhD Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Ecological psychology highlights that perception is an active process. Person perception should be understood in the same way. https://thesideview.co/journal/deconstructing-mindfulness/ https://thesideview.co/journal/deconstructing-mindfulness/ David L. Collins, PhD Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 There’s been a marked increase in studies of mindfulness and meditation in recent years. I’m worried that many of today’s researchers may think they know what they’re doing. https://thesideview.co/journal/generating-wholes/ https://thesideview.co/journal/generating-wholes/ Joe Norman Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 In living systems, the whole generates the parts. The parts do not exist a priori . https://thesideview.co/journal/the-art-of-mushroom-foraging/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-art-of-mushroom-foraging/ Roope Kaaronen, PhD(c) Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Mushroom foraging is an art of active perception that deserves to be studied with patience, taught with rigor, and passed on to future generations with contagious enthusiasm. https://thesideview.co/journal/introducing-ecobehavioral-design/ https://thesideview.co/journal/introducing-ecobehavioral-design/ Mark James Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Behavior change can be difficult to achieve, and just trying can quickly become the work of the weary. However, much of the struggle arises from how we conceive what is changing. https://thesideview.co/journal/culturing-consciousness/ https://thesideview.co/journal/culturing-consciousness/ Oshan Jarow Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 The essence of philosophy is to practice the death of our self-models, thereby opening attention to broader terrains of awareness. https://thesideview.co/journal/decentralizing-cognition/ https://thesideview.co/journal/decentralizing-cognition/ Jason Snyder, PhD Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 The primary goal of meditation is to temporarily suspend the sense that there is a self riding around in the head who is somehow separate from the rest of the body and the world. Why would somebody want to do this? https://thesideview.co/journal/ecology-of-design/ https://thesideview.co/journal/ecology-of-design/ Roope Kaaronen, PhD(c) Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Design is the bootstrap by which animals, humans in particular, become capable of lifting themselves up to novel levels of existence. https://thesideview.co/journal/inscription-on-the-heart/ https://thesideview.co/journal/inscription-on-the-heart/ Claire Fanger, PhD Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 The 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. https://thesideview.co/journal/life-hack/ https://thesideview.co/journal/life-hack/ Sam Mickey, PhD Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 People say that practice is something you do with your body, but that's backwards. Your body is something you do with your practice. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-contemplatives-conscience/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-contemplatives-conscience/ David L. Collins, PhD Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 When we practice contemplative unknowing, we let go of all of our conceited conceptualizations, and we come to rest in a more fundamental experience of being alive. https://thesideview.co/journal/the-hidden-self/ https://thesideview.co/journal/the-hidden-self/ Jacob Given Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Sitting meditation is a kind of ascetic practice, like fasting, that helps us widen and deepen the aperture of our attention so that the subtleties of Being can show themselves. https://thesideview.co/journal/why-german-idealism-matters/ https://thesideview.co/journal/why-german-idealism-matters/ Matthew T. Segall, PhD Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 German idealism is an invitation to exercise our freedom of thought and to consider that what at first appears impossible may become necessary.