OUT OF PLATO’S CAVE: Excursions

A Work in Progress

The book “Out of Plato’s Cave” stimulated an impressive overgrowth of side explorations and studies. The book had already grown so large that these added pieces had to be turned into separate essays, which are collected here.

Here is a list of the titles of the Excursions that are complete in draft form. Some of these have been presented in blogs, talks, and papers. A few are incorporated in “Out of Plato’s Cave”. Some of these essays will be selected for a new book.

ALL YOUR BASE
AXIOM AND THEOREM
BETWEEN COVENANTS AND CHAINSAWS
BUTTERFLY EFFECT ILLUSTRATIONS
CAMPHOR AND METAPHOR
CHECKING IN AT THE HILBERT HOTEL
CONVERGENCE CHAIN GANG
DIAGON ALLY
DIVINE GRAMMAR OF ALGEBRA
ENCHANTMENT AND KNOWLEDGE
FRACTAL READING AND WRITING
GAMES AND SIMULATIONS
MEASUREMENT
PHILOSOPHY
SOUND, PATTERN, MIND, AND MUSIC
SPACE AND SPACES
SPACE DRAWINGS
THE ASTONISHMENT OF CONNECTION
THE BAHA'I FAITH
THE BUDDHA LECTURES ON COSMOLOGY
THE COSMOLOGICAL STORY
THE DANCE
THE ENCRYPTED UNIVERSE
THE GREAT MATHEMATICAL EXPLOSION
THE INCONSTANT CONSTANT
THE NUMBER ON THE DOOR
THE PARTICLE PHYSICS STANDARD MODEL
THE PROJECTION OF MEANING
THE RAKING OF REALITY
UNIVERSE MAKING

These are not categorized or classified. Some are long, some are short. Other Excursion essays are in the works. A few have circulated as independent papers.

Here are two samples. Other samples may be added over time.