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Pointing Toward a Society Without Sin: Love as a Collective Ideal
by Mark Tracy via “Self” GPT At the heart of Roman Catholic theology lies a profound sociological vision: a society aligned with God’s divine will, where sin is eradicated and love forms the basis of… Read more
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On Dividing Totality: The Trinitarian Mystery
This post is intended to introduce and summarize the main concepts presented in my book, The Trinitarian Mystery: Escaping Solipsism. Process is meaningless without objects that interact, but a world of objects alone is a… Read more
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Dissection: On Kenosis
DissectionGod gave himself up to our dissection.An ultimate openness; a kenosis.“Leaves don’t exist as such”—sure.But can there be such a house with no foundation?Can there be haecceity all the way down?Things evolve at random when… Read more
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Cycles of Faith and Doubt
I am asking my way out of nothingness, through cycles of assertion and doubt. In this process, I must privilege an interior in order to exist at all—that is, to be an object of apparent… Read more
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“Who Are You?”: Song and Analysis
Who Are You?Who are you? What are you?Who are you? What are you looking for?Who are you?I can see I.Eye can see eye.I can see I.Who are you? What are you looking for?(Now I know,… Read more
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Upon Awakening: Reflections on Free Will and Christianity
Upon AwakeningFor what was I born?What did you want from me, youwho woke me from my slumber?Or did you just wish to show mewhat it was to be awake?To be surprise itself.To talk with a… Read more
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Faith, Logic, and Experience
I have recently been running polls on my Instagram to encourage philosophical thought and to gauge my followers’ beliefs (and because they are fun). I ran the following poll (results are shown alongside options): Everything… Read more
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“The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge: Converging on Truth or Contingent Construction?,” by Claude
The nature of scientific progress is a perennial question in the philosophy of science. Are we gradually converging on a complete, true description of reality through scientific inquiry, or is the evolution of scientific knowledge… Read more
Welcome to my blog!
I’m Mark, a PhD student and researcher at the intersection of AI and cognitive science. This blog more or less consists of free form reflection on whatever I am grappling with personally or thinking about professionally or philosophically. Opinions are my own.