Abstract: In this urgent piece, I seek to understand the reasons for rejecting the use of technol... more Abstract: In this urgent piece, I seek to understand the reasons for rejecting the use of technology in the sacrament of confession, and find them somewhat wanting. I suggest ways to better think of what is “natural” and what therefore is permissible for confessions, and pose the possibility that our theological reflections on the sacrament is hindered by a kind of nominalism inherent in an onto-theological metaphysics. Whereas following Aristotle, Aquinas and John of St Thomas, perhaps, by reinstating the place and reality of relations, there is room to retrieve a Thomistic argument willing to consider the use of these technologies in the sacrament of penance.
In this paper, I examine Schön's criticism of Herbert Simon's instrumentalist t... more In this paper, I examine Schön's criticism of Herbert Simon's instrumentalist theory of design and conclude that Schön's evaluation of Simon's theory of design, based on the first edition of The Sciences of the Artificial, overlooks many open-ended constructivist trajectories. By ...
ABSTRACT: This paper is comprised of two parts. In the first I reveal what I call the Rothbardian... more ABSTRACT: This paper is comprised of two parts. In the first I reveal what I call the Rothbardian project in the distinguished career of the Austrian economist Murray N. Rothbard, which project is to ground historically and cohere philosophically the Austrian ...
MENG, JCS (2005), THE NAMELESS AND FORMLESS DAO AS METAPHOR AND IMAGERY: MODELING THE DAO IN WANG... more MENG, JCS (2005), THE NAMELESS AND FORMLESS DAO AS METAPHOR AND IMAGERY: MODELING THE DAO IN WANG BI's LAOZI. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 32: 477–492. doi: 10.1111/j. 1540-6253.2005. 00205. x
In this paper I frame the totalizing dominance of performativity in educational arenas in terms o... more In this paper I frame the totalizing dominance of performativity in educational arenas in terms of its effects on professional thinking and attitudes. The problem is that the education professional's cognition ends up artificially obsessed with defined performance indicators and closed by default to the fluidity that should accompany reflective design practice. To mitigate this state of affairs, I propose that educators be encouraged to playfully consider non-performative goals, and that institutions can even welcome insincere or experimental consideration of non-performative educational goals. Such solutions may also correct excessively performative cultures outside educational contexts.
Abstract: In this urgent piece, I seek to understand the reasons for rejecting the use of technol... more Abstract: In this urgent piece, I seek to understand the reasons for rejecting the use of technology in the sacrament of confession, and find them somewhat wanting. I suggest ways to better think of what is “natural” and what therefore is permissible for confessions, and pose the possibility that our theological reflections on the sacrament is hindered by a kind of nominalism inherent in an onto-theological metaphysics. Whereas following Aristotle, Aquinas and John of St Thomas, perhaps, by reinstating the place and reality of relations, there is room to retrieve a Thomistic argument willing to consider the use of these technologies in the sacrament of penance.
In this paper, I examine Schön's criticism of Herbert Simon's instrumentalist t... more In this paper, I examine Schön's criticism of Herbert Simon's instrumentalist theory of design and conclude that Schön's evaluation of Simon's theory of design, based on the first edition of The Sciences of the Artificial, overlooks many open-ended constructivist trajectories. By ...
ABSTRACT: This paper is comprised of two parts. In the first I reveal what I call the Rothbardian... more ABSTRACT: This paper is comprised of two parts. In the first I reveal what I call the Rothbardian project in the distinguished career of the Austrian economist Murray N. Rothbard, which project is to ground historically and cohere philosophically the Austrian ...
MENG, JCS (2005), THE NAMELESS AND FORMLESS DAO AS METAPHOR AND IMAGERY: MODELING THE DAO IN WANG... more MENG, JCS (2005), THE NAMELESS AND FORMLESS DAO AS METAPHOR AND IMAGERY: MODELING THE DAO IN WANG BI's LAOZI. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 32: 477–492. doi: 10.1111/j. 1540-6253.2005. 00205. x
In this paper I frame the totalizing dominance of performativity in educational arenas in terms o... more In this paper I frame the totalizing dominance of performativity in educational arenas in terms of its effects on professional thinking and attitudes. The problem is that the education professional's cognition ends up artificially obsessed with defined performance indicators and closed by default to the fluidity that should accompany reflective design practice. To mitigate this state of affairs, I propose that educators be encouraged to playfully consider non-performative goals, and that institutions can even welcome insincere or experimental consideration of non-performative educational goals. Such solutions may also correct excessively performative cultures outside educational contexts.
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sacrament of confession, and find them somewhat wanting. I suggest ways to better think of what is
“natural” and what therefore is permissible for confessions, and pose the possibility that our theological
reflections on the sacrament is hindered by a kind of nominalism inherent in an onto-theological
metaphysics. Whereas following Aristotle, Aquinas and John of St Thomas, perhaps, by reinstating the
place and reality of relations, there is room to retrieve a Thomistic argument willing to consider the use
of these technologies in the sacrament of penance.
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sacrament of confession, and find them somewhat wanting. I suggest ways to better think of what is
“natural” and what therefore is permissible for confessions, and pose the possibility that our theological
reflections on the sacrament is hindered by a kind of nominalism inherent in an onto-theological
metaphysics. Whereas following Aristotle, Aquinas and John of St Thomas, perhaps, by reinstating the
place and reality of relations, there is room to retrieve a Thomistic argument willing to consider the use
of these technologies in the sacrament of penance.