by Charles Cameron | Jan 16, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — call it backlash, backfire, or blowback, somewhere they’re dclaring takfir on the takfiris ] . Ali Minai at BrownPundits has a worthwhile take on what he calls, paradoxically enough, Unreal Islam, from which I’ve excerpted this...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 27, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — with sympathy for the real, while holding compassion as the ideal ] . ** First, I want to requote two parts of the Times of Israel report titled Netanyahu finally speaks his mind that I quoted a short while ago in my post Israel /...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from intuitive leap to confirmation in a celebrated paper by neurophysiologist and cybernetician Warren McCulloch ] . As I mentioned in my earlier post, Close reading, Synoptic- and Sembl-style, for parallels, patterns, there are times...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how theory works out in practice, and vice versa ] . Here’s the first of a pair of “patterns” of interest… Theory contradicts practice: — with thanks to my friend Peter van der Werff! ** And here’s the...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 28, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — reflections on cognitive empowerment by selective noticing ] . . I just realized that I take notice of details at the level of “geometry aka logic” which I would miss if I were more focused on content. In effect, I treat...
