Sunday, September 6, 2026

Should we view Wittgenstein as enhancing British Philosophy, or British Philosophy as enhancing Wittgenstein?

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Should we view Wittgenstein as enhancing British Philosophy, or British Philosophy as enhancing Wittgenstein?  I support the former, though ...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

"Satirical and Ironic Dissolutions of Art: Duchamp's Synthesis" by P. Winston Fettner

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"From a Hegelian perspective, Duchamp’s place in the development of the contemporary involves a synthesis of the satiric and ironic mod...
Friday, September 4, 2026

Yes, "neatly done." Shows "craft." But is it highbrow? Is the "theological" title a gimmick? Must a theological title necessitate theological content? Must a theological title necessitate the statement of theological propositions(s)? Or can a theological "utterance" suffice, and to what purpose? Does this purpose attend the title, or does the title attend the purpose?

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La chute de l'ange ~ The Fall of the Angel by Max Ernst, ca1923 Oil on canvas 130,8 cm x 129,8 cm Private collection
Thursday, September 3, 2026

"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him." - Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations

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Source
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

"What was the source of the stranger's incredible power?" is not a prose poem

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Badger books, 1964 ("'Answer: unknown'  is a prose poem, but why?" is a prose poem, but why?)
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

"Teaching Was Fine Until We Fixed It: some thoughts on pedagogy..." by Secret Academic

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Something happened at Cambridge recently. You may have noticed. We have, naturally, developed entire academic disciplines devoted to underst...
Monday, August 31, 2026

Musing out loud

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John Schoenherr, 1962 One of the structures of Casa Sperimentale  near Rome, photo Oliver Astrologo
Sunday, August 30, 2026

Sr.N4 Hovercraft photo essay

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Click here for the  Wikipedia Article on the SR.N4
Saturday, August 29, 2026

Perpareing for the Highbrow analysis of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Act for Religious Freedom

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We shall begin our consideration of the law in a week or so. To get the most out of that analysis, please review the following Highbrow post...
Friday, August 28, 2026

"A BILL for establishing RELIGIOUS FREEDOM" - Thomas Jefferson

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  § 57-1. Act for religious freedom recited. The General Assembly, on January 16, 1786, passed an act in the following words: "Whereas,...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Raoul Hausmann, 1886 - 1971 Cofondateur du mouvement Dada à Berlin et surnommé le «Dadasophe»

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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Emanations contributor Marleen S. Barr has a new book: Feminist Science Fiction’s Sartorial Spaces: Fashioning Future Females

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 Click the cover image (or HERE ) for the Amazon sales page.  Routledge description HERE . Feminist Science Fiction’s Sartorial Spaces: Fas...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Highbrow Performances: Todd Rundgren "Utopia" (alt. title "Utopia Theme"), 1974

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Monday, August 24, 2026

Cover art from a science fiction gaming magazine with an image evidently derived (loosely so) from Lovecraft - sensational, provocative, speculative, surreal (interesting for about fifteen seconds)

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Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 13, 1982
Sunday, August 23, 2026

Roger Penrose explains describes Godel's incompleteness theorem in 3 minutes

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explains
Saturday, August 22, 2026

Occult Material in the Invisible Tower Trilogy?

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None.  It is adventure, high fantasy, satire, and an inquiry into the character and nature of the Human Condition. Click the image to view t...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Los Angeles' Occult Past: interview with Ronnie Pontiac

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Curious subject, curious ideas, curious sub-culture, curious--and  very interesting--history... indeed a curious city
Thursday, August 20, 2026

An abstract crossing the borders of genre

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Richard M. Powers’ (1962) for Conditionally Human by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Sample pages from Fluxus

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Source Fluxus materials and books available at AbeBooks
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

A review by Richard Kostelanetz: The Fluxus Newspaper 1964-1979 edited by George Maciunas and Fluxus Editorial Council for Fluxus

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Fluxus has been the moniker for a group of artists mostly in downtown Manhattan, with compatriots in Europe and Japan, that coalesced in the...