New Explorations Weblog is proud to be the home of these special serialized features of posts and articles:
McLuhan’s Mileau
This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.
Review: John Dear, The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence (Orbis Books, 2024).
Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth. tfarrell@d.umn.edu I usually do not review reference books,…
Eleven Kinds of Orality: A Probe
Robert K. Logan Department of Physics and St. Michaelās College, University of Toronto logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract:…
Thoughts About the Fear of AI Spontaneously Controlling Us Humans: Much Ado About Nothing
Robert K. Logan logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract: The notion that an AI device could spontaneously take control…
V. Poetry of the Reviewers of Ladders Made of Water
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/42031
Remembered
This series catalogues fond reminiscences of Marshall McLuhan by friends and colleagues.
Review: John Dear, The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence (Orbis Books, 2024).
Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth. tfarrell@d.umn.edu I usually do not review reference books, because they are designed to be dipped into and consulted for specific targeted information, not read straight through. For example, biblical commentaries are usually designed…
Eleven Kinds of Orality: A Probe
Robert K. Logan Department of Physics and St. Michaelās College, University of Toronto logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract: Ongās notion of secondary orality that emerged with the written word is expanded to include the way orality changed with the emergence of the alphabet,…
Thoughts About the Fear of AI Spontaneously Controlling Us Humans: Much Ado About Nothing
Robert K. Logan logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract: The notion that an AI device could spontaneously take control of its programmer/creators and then enslave or annihilate humankind is shown to be something that could never happen given that a computer cannot have any…
V. Poetry of the Reviewers of Ladders Made of Water
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/42031