#TLGAG (The Local Global And Glocal) --- SynTalk
Does the Indonesian (?) in you love idlis? Are we all (universal) human beings? But, does society narrow our experience of the world? Must we then be spatiotemporally-bound? But, do universal ideas al...
8 Heinä 20171h 13min
#TKAK (The Kith And Kin) --- SynTalk
Why don’t you help all your relatives? Why do people marry? Do you know your pedigree? Can relatedness be measured or recognized with precision? Are close relatives the best organ donors? Who guarante...
24 Kesä 20171h 15min
#TPOE (The Properties Of Events) --- SynTalk
Did H. M. lead an eventless life? How was your last beach holiday? How do languages make events granular? Can events in texts be ‘inferred’ computationally? Do events always occur in the past? Is even...
17 Kesä 20171h 13min
#TDOD (The Dynamics Of Dominance) --- SynTalk
Do chimpanzees play politics? Why do we act spitefully or ‘altruistically’? Is one human being equal to another? Is power without hegemony possible? Is there always an established social order? Is com...
27 Touko 20171h 13min
#TSAP (The Separations And Partitions) --- SynTalk
Have you ever received a partly garbled email? Might mixtures be made of mixtures? Are you a separate being? Do you stand ‘in’ history? How is coming-together different from mixing? Is it possible to ...
13 Touko 20171h 12min
#TCOE (The Conundrums Of Embodiment) --- SynTalk
Do you despise your body? Can the body be a source of transcendence? Can one, however, have nothing but only the body? Are we embedded in this world as bodies with other objects, texts, rituals, spect...
29 Huhti 20171h 8min
#TGOI (The Grounds Of Introspection) --- SynTalk
Do we often misunderstand ourselves? Can we be aware of everything? Is introspective knowledge reliable? Can we be mistaken about being hungry? Might the gap between successive thoughts be increased u...
26 Maalis 20171h 9min
#THOE (The Habits Of Experience) --- SynTalk
Observe. Which colour do you see? Is blueness in there? Which languages do you speak? Does experience tell us anything by itself? Would language make any sense without it? What is it to be grounded in...
25 Maalis 20171h 7min
