Features

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This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.

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Review: John Dear, The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence (Orbis Books, 2024).

Thomas J FarrellMar 14, 2024

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth. tfarrell@d.umn.edu I usually do not review reference books,…

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Eleven Kinds of Orality: A Probe

Bob LoganMar 14, 2024

Robert K. Logan Department of Physics and St. Michaelā€™s College, University of Toronto logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract:…

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Thoughts About the Fear of AI Spontaneously Controlling Us Humans: Much Ado About Nothing

Bob LoganMar 14, 2024

Robert K. Logan logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract: The notion that an AI device could spontaneously take control…

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Ru’ach

Elana WolfDec 29, 2023

https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/42062/32135

Remembered

This series catalogues fond reminiscences of Marshall McLuhan by friends and colleagues.

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Review: John Dear, The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence (Orbis Books, 2024).

Thomas J FarrellMar 14, 202416 min read

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…

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Eleven Kinds of Orality: A Probe

Bob LoganMar 14, 20248 min read

Robert K. Logan Department of Physics and St. Michaelā€™s College, University of Toronto logan@physics.utoronto.ca Abstract: Ongā€™s notion of secondary orality that emerged with the written word is expanded to include the way orality changed with the emergence of the alphabet,…

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Thoughts About the Fear of AI Spontaneously Controlling Us Humans: Much Ado About Nothing

Bob LoganMar 14, 202427 min read

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…

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Ru’ach

Elana WolfDec 29, 20231 min read

https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/42062/32135