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People generate ideas constantly, but novelty is difficult to establish. Most ideas are new only to the thinker, while others are reinterpretations, refinements, or recombinations of existing work. Distinguishing between these cases is rarely straightforward.

In 30 Philosophers: A New Look at Timeless Ideas, I present new interpretations of long-standing philosophical positions, and I also propose several ideas that may be genuinely original. Whether an idea is new to an individual, to a field, or to broader human discourse is often unclear. No ideas arise from nothing; even Einstein’s theory of relativity extended Galileo’s earlier principle of relativity.

This page collects ideas that are exploratory, provisional, and still under development. They are presented as candidates rather than conclusions. As these ideas mature and demonstrate sufficient rigor and originality, I intend to submit them to appropriate peer-reviewed venues.

Idea of Ideas | Live well. | Philosophy of Mind | Religion | Think well.
2 Layers: The Material World Split
Beyond Words: Laozi and the Limits of Understanding
Our ideas about the material world are not the material world. There is a split between reality and our descriptions of it.
Wed 18 Sep 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
Epistemology | Live well. | Think well.
5-4-3: TST Framework Overview
Critical Thinking
A short overview of the 5 Thought Tools, 4 Mind Traps, and 3 Truth Hammers.
Sun 13 May 2018
(8 years ago)
Updated 3 days ago.
Physics | Structure | Unification
Cosmocycles: A Proposed Cosmic Calendar Based on Cyclic Universe Model
Expanding Universe
If some version of the Big Crunch model ever returns to favor, we can picture one full cosmic cycle, a kind of cosmic year. Cosmocycles is that speculative idea.
Sat 1 Apr 2023
(3 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
Ancient Humans | Evolution
EQ: The Story of Ancient Human Brains
Brain Evolution
Ancient human brains evolved gradually over millions of years, with important bursts of change, producing minds that were often far more capable than traditional stories suggest.
Sun 28 Apr 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 2 weeks ago.
Ancient Humans | H1-Prehistory | Philosophy of Science | Think well.
Holistic Paleolithic Framework: A New Look at Prehistory
Paleolithic Era
A new look at dividing up the paleolithic era switches from lower, middle, and upper to Stone, Fire, Cultural, Symbolic, Cognitive, and prehistory ending specifically at 4,000 BCE.
Thu 1 Aug 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
Ancient Humans
Hominin Census: A Speculative Journey to 700,000 and 300,000 BCE
Human Evolution
Estimates of ancient human populations can be misleading when they lean too heavily on DNA ancestry alone, because DNA traces direct surviving lines, not the full populations and branches that once existed.
Wed 24 Apr 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 4 weeks ago.
Idea of Ideas | Philosophy of Science | Think well.
Idea Theory Framework
Idea Theory Framework
The Idea Theory Framework within the Idea of Ideas is a promotion ladder for ideas to move from speculation to hypothesis, theory, and law.
Sat 7 Feb 2026
(2 months ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
Sat 3 Aug 2019
(7 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
Artificial Intelligence | Live well. | OVM | Philosophy of Mind | Think well.
Mindscape Framework
Consciousness
The Mindscape Framework presents a layered philosophy of the mind: consciousness is the structured experience of reality, heuristics are its evolved shortcuts, and worldview and identity are higher-order constructions that emerge.
Thu 4 Apr 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
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