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Encounters in Thought Interview with Author Aaron Kerr
Author of new release Encounters in Thought Aaron Kerr sits down to discuss his thoughts and intentions with this book in an interview with Cascade Publishing.
The Merton Annual Review of Encounters in Thought
Aaron Kerr’s new monograph asks the question: how can we rouse ourselves from the mental torpor induced by technology and instrumental reason? As Kerr sees it, “if we do not interrogate our technological culture
we remain distracted in digital patterns of consumerism” (xi). The central chapters of the book each outline... continue reading here.
The Use of Drones: An Argument Against Optimistic Technological Determinism Featuring the Work of Albert Borgmann and an Extended Analogy
This paper applies philosopher, Albert Borgmann’s, device paradigm to the use of drones in contemporary society. Such application demonstrates the accuracy of Borgmann’s analysis, since a paradigm or technological pattern is described in disparate social and political areas of North American culture.
Borgmann On Merton
An article that connects philosophy and contemplative practice, I explore Albert Borgmann's engagement with the life of Thomas Merton in a way that evokes a deeper sense of the relationship between faith and reason.