[TPF Essay] Meet the Authors

Reply to Moliere

I don't think mine in the list lol. There's 13 and 13, so maybe there's another person that participated?

Reply to Bob Ross Responded by PM to keep hints minimal

Quoting Moliere

My guesses, so far:

[TPF Essay] Wittgenstein's Hinges and Gödel's Unprovable Statements - Sam 26
[TPF Essay] Bubbles and Styx In: Pondering the Past - Baden
[TPF Essay] Dante and the Deflation of Reason - Count Timothy von Icarus
[TPF Essay] What Does It Mean to Be Human? - Vera Mont
[TPF Essay] Cognitive Experiences are a Part of Material Reality
[TPF Essay] The Frame Before the Question - James Dean Conroy
[TPF Essay] Part 1 & Part 2 - Poetic Universe
[TPF Essay] Technoethics: Freedom, Precarity, and Enzymatic Knowledge Machines -Benkei
[TPF Essay] The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox - hypericin
[TPF Essay] An Exploration Between the Balance Between State and Individual Interests
[TPF Essay] My Soul is like the Dead Sea -
[TPF Essay] The Insides and Outsides of 'Reality': Exploring Possibilities - Jack Cummins
[TPF Essay] The importance of the Philosophical Essay within philosophy - RusselA

Who's left? Bob Ross, I like sushi, ucarr. Hmmm...
Essays left - Cognitive Experiences, Exploration Between the Balance, My Soul is like the Dead Sea.

Am I close? I usually get 2 or 3 correct :wink:

Cognitive Experiences are a Part of Material Reality - ucarr

Quoting Bob Ross

I don't think mine in the list lol.

What? Are you sure?

Reply to Amity It's there. I PM'ed him to point out which one so that I didn't give hints.

Reply to Moliere
OK. Strange that he didn't recognise his own essay...hmmm....

Am I the only one that is gonna make wild guesses?

Reply to Amity

Yeah, it is strange haha. I submitted it a long time ago, forgot about it, and thought the title was something else. That's all I'll say for now: keep guessing.

Reply to Bob Ross
Well, I've only got 2 left and you are one of them!!! :chin:
I'm veering towards My Soul...

I hope I haven't offended anyone by my crazy guessing. Trust me, I'm hopeless at this!

Quoting Moliere

First I want to say that I'm really happy with all the work our authors put into the essays. There were more submissions than I expected, and they were all of a higher quality than I expected. It's been really awesome to read and come up with responses.

Me too. But I expected the high quality and we got it! TPF is full of talent and intelligence :100:
This has been brilliant. Enjoyed near enough every minute of it!
Looking forward to your responses...

@hypericin: Bubbles and Styx (I noted some particularly adept descriptive language that I think is characteristic of his work.)

@Sam26 : The Wittgenstein one, surely.

I know which one @Count Timothy von Icarus did via mod forum, so I won't give that away.

@Benkei: The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox

Quoting Baden

hypericin: Bubbles and Styx (I noted some particularly adept descriptive language that I think is characteristic of his work.)

Oh no, it looks like I've gone and caused offence. So very different to the The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox. Damn it all! But then, he is such a creatively versatile writer with many styles...

So @Baden - you are Technoethics!

Quoting Amity

Oh no, it looks like I've gone and caused offence

Not with me. Bubbles and Styx is great.

Quoting Amity

So Baden - you are Technoethics!

Correct! (Why not be the first reveal? At least I can go comment on the thing now. :strong: )

Quoting Baden

Not with me. Bubbles and Styx is great.

No, I meant @hypericin. I'm annoyed with myself. It happens every time. Apologies to hypericin.
Will you ever forgive me? I should have recognised the brilliance but you blinded me with ice-cream.

Quoting Baden

Correct! (Why not be the first reveal? At least I can go comment on the thing now. :strong: )

Yay! :starstruck:

Reply to Amity

It would be funny if it wasn't hypericin and you had to do this all over again.

Reply to Baden OMG :scream:
It could not be anyone else. So there!

Reply to Amity

Oh, @hypericin ...

And this is why I don't guess authors. I could maybe take a stab at one or two, but I just don't know the participants well enough to make intelligent guesses.

Poetic Universe definitely wrote Part 1 and 2
Sam 26 the Wittgenstein one
I did wonder if Baden wrote 'Styx and Bubbles', but it could be hypericin. However, I think it could be I like sushi
Vera Mont, the Dante essay
The others I am not sure about... alt

Reply to Jack Cummins
I think you got 2 right! Poetic Universe and Sam26.
Baden graciously conceded that he wrote Technoethics. And having been outed, is now free to give feedback to his essay. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/15987/tpf-essay-technoethics-freedom-precarity-and-enzymatic-knowledge-machines
Vera and Dante? I think not a good pairing. What makes you think so?

Me, write the Wittgenstein essay, that's crazy, I hate Wittgenstein!

Reply to Sam26 :lol:

Reply to Amity Exactly

Reply to Sam26 Now that you've been revealed -- I'll say yours is one of the ones I'm struggling with to come up with a relevant reply. Excellent stuff.

Reply to Moliere I tried to do something no one has done before with Wittgenstein's hinges; whether I accomplished it or not is another question. I can understand why it might be difficult to respond, especially considering no one, as far as I know, has made this connection.

Reply to Amity
The reason why I put Vera for Dante is because I see her as rather literature based.

I also spent time trying to work out which one was yours. I nearly didn't enter because I have been in hospital twice but did so to try to take my mind off the physical health problems. I think that I may have got discharged a bit too soon because staff thought that I was more well than I was as I spent so much time reading philosophy while on oxygen.

Reply to Jack Cummins Hope you're feeling better Jack.

Reply to Sam26
Thank you, I am still not great and have to have some further physical investigations.

One thing which may interest you, as I know it is one of your areas of interest, is that when my oxygen levels were very low I had some experiences resembling NDEs. I saw underworlds, which seemed to be like art in the imagery of the Tibetan and Egyptian books of the dead. I even had some auditory hallucinations, such as the 'voice' of a spirit guide. I nearly wrote my essay about this but it felt too intense a task to undertake.

Quoting Jack Cummins

The reason why I put Vera for Dante is because I see her as rather literature based.

OK. Sorry, I really shouldn't have asked.

Quoting Jack Cummins

I also spent time trying to work out which one was yours. I nearly didn't enter because I have been in hospital twice but did so to try to take my mind off the physical health problems. I think that I may have got discharged a bit too soon because staff thought that I was more well than I was as I spent so much time reading philosophy while on oxygen.

I am sorry that I wasn't able to submit an essay. I spent some time reading/ taking notes but personal and health issues meant I didn't complete. Disappointing. But I learned a lot in the process. And appreciate, all the more, the authors' ability to compose writing to be proud of.

Given all your circumstances, you did very well to struggle through and you made it!
I admire your tenacity and resilience. It could not have been easy. So, very well done :clap: :clap:

Take care :flower:

Reply to Jack Cummins Those kinds of experiences are not unusual. Get better!

Quoting Jack Cummins

The reason why I put Vera for Dante is because I see her as rather literature based.

I once read almost half of the Inferno. Took a second run at it half as century later and left poor Dante in the deep, dark wood.
That's the only essay I didn't comment on, since it's completely beyond me.
I could only address half of Wittgenstein, for that matter, due to innumeracy.
I write simple stories and contentious forum posts, not philosophical essays. I only entered this event on a dare.

Reply to Baden No shit Sherlock. That one was easy! Had a hell of a time trying to cram my argument in 5000 words, the original when I was done was over 8000 words. Once I get started I don't shut up, which is why I try to not start. Ever.

Quoting Amity

?Bob Ross
Well, I've only got 2 left and you are one of them!!! :chin:
I'm veering towards My Soul...

My Soul is like the Dead Sea - Bob Ross

An Exploration Between the Balance Between State and Individual Interests - I like sushi

Guesses so far:
Quoting Moliere

[TPF Essay] Wittgenstein's Hinges and Gödel's Unprovable Statements - @Sam26
[TPF Essay] Bubbles and Styx In: Pondering the Past - @hypericin
[TPF Essay] Dante and the Deflation of Reason - @Count Timothy von Icarus
[TPF Essay] What Does It Mean to Be Human? - @Vera Mont
[TPF Essay] Cognitive Experiences are a Part of Material Reality - @ucarr
[TPF Essay] The Frame Before the Question - @James Dean Conroy
[TPF Essay] Part 1 & Part 2 - @PoeticUniverse
[TPF Essay] Technoethics: Freedom, Precarity, and Enzymatic Knowledge Machines - @Baden
[TPF Essay] The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox - @Benkei
[TPF Essay] An Exploration Between the Balance Between State and Individual Interests - @I like sushi
[TPF Essay] My Soul is like the Dead Sea - @Bob Ross
[TPF Essay] The Insides and Outsides of 'Reality': Exploring Possibilities - @Jack Cummins
[TPF Essay] The importance of the Philosophical Essay within philosophy - @RussellA

Authors confirmed:
Baden, Sam26, Benkei.

Quoting Baden

hypericin: Bubbles and Styx (I noted some particularly adept descriptive language that I think is characteristic of his work.)

You're on to me, I can't slip by you anymore. And thanks!

Quoting Amity

No, I meant hypericin. I'm annoyed with myself. It happens every time. Apologies to hypericin.
Will you ever forgive me? I should have recognised the brilliance but you blinded me with ice-cream.

Oh, pshaw!

[TPF Essay] Dante and the Deflation of Reason - @Count Timothy von Icarus
[TPF Essay] What Does It Mean to Be Human? - @Vera Mont
[TPF Essay] The importance of the Philosophical Essay within philosophy - @Jack Cummins

I guess everyone knows I don't 'do philosophy'.

Quoting Vera Mont

That's the only essay I didn't comment on, since it's completely beyond me.
I could only address half of Wittgenstein, for that matter, due to innumeracy.
I write simple stories and contentious forum posts, not philosophical essays. I only entered this event on a dare.

Quoting Vera Mont

I guess everyone knows I don't 'do philosophy'.

Thanks, Vera, for being here, not only as a clear and thoughtful writer but as a careful, active reader and responder. Always asking questions of yourself and others. Writing with sharp intelligence and humour. Picking up and on points that others miss or gloss over. To improve understanding.

For rising to the challenge and more. You don't give yourself enough credit. I love how you probe, prod, poke, pushback and produce my kind of philosophy. The vital stuff of life and human experience with all its intricacies, magic and mystery.

'On a dare' and a wing and a prayer, you fly high in my estimation.
Along with other participants who 'do philosophy' their way.

I failed to submit a piece I'd been working on. It proved to be a challenge too far. For all kinds of reasons.
However, it gave me an insight into a philosophy and philosopher I had previously dismissed. Namely, Camus and absurdism/existentialism. A long story, now part of my philo experience.
Philosophy and Fiction.

I admire those, like you, who can write well in both spheres. Capturing the imagination.
For me, that is the point of this event. To bring together the creative, analytical, persuasive, poetic and promise of learning and growing. Or something like that. Connecting.

To try out a different format or style or way of looking...and thinking. Seeing, if not believing, the story. How being part of a philosophy group can affect mind and mood. Reason and emotion combined. From highs to lows and in-between. For me, right now, it's a bit of a blast. Thank you, all! :100: :flower:

Quoting hypericin

Oh, pshaw!

A bubble of a *shrug*. We're good. :up: :hearts:

Quoting Benkei

Once I get started I don't shut up, which is why I try to not start. Ever.

:smile:
Glad you did. And so damned well! :fire:

Quoting Amity

Authors confirmed:
Baden, Sam26, Benkei.

Now, hypericin. :sparkle:

Reply to Sam26 Reply to Benkei Reply to hypericin

Hat trick!

Alright. Sorry for the delay, work called -- but now the big reveal!

[TPF Essay] Wittgenstein's Hinges and Gödel's Unprovable Statements @Sam26
[TPF Essay] Bubbles and Styx In: Pondering the Past @hypericin
[TPF Essay] Dante and the Deflation of Reason @Count Timothy von Icarus
[TPF Essay] What Does It Mean to Be Human? @Vera Mont
[TPF Essay] Cognitive Experiences are a Part of Material Reality @ucarr
[TPF Essay] The Frame Before the Question @James Dean Conroy
[TPF Essay] Part 1 & Part 2 @PoeticUniverse
[TPF Essay] Technoethics: Freedom, Precarity, and Enzymatic Knowledge Machines @Baden
[TPF Essay] The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox @Benkei
[TPF Essay] An Exploration Between the Balance Between State and Individual Interests @I like sushi
[TPF Essay] My Soul is like the Dead Sea @Bob Ross
[TPF Essay] The Insides and Outsides of 'Reality': Exploring Possibilities @Jack Cummins
[TPF Essay] The importance of the Philosophical Essay within philosophy @RussellA

Reply to Moliere
That is so satisfying. Matches my final guess list!!! :cool:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/994735

Congrats to all! :clap: :flower:

Looking forward to author feedback in their specific essay threads and more general chat here.

That Dante was written by the Count was beyond a shadow of a doubt...

Reply to Amity
Correct.