Andro Dgebuadze’s Authoring Program: Yokozuna

Discussions:

• Thinking About Thinking – How do we even start to question things?
• The Wisdom of Simplicity – Can we express big ideas in simple ways?
• The Emergence and Evolution of Philosophical Thought: Foundational Prerequisites and Enduring Challenges"

Reading:

Plato’s Euthyphro – A conversation between a philosopher and a priest about morality.

Debates:

• What is reality, beauty, and justice?
• Is the world objective or shaped by our minds?
• Is morality universal or just personal opinion?

Philosophical perspectives in the East and the West have developed in distinctly different and sometimes opposing ways. It is as if the world were divided into two intellectual traditions, each evolving independently. Eastern thought tends to be more mythical and mystical, while Western philosophy is often characterized by logic and pragmatism. Despite these differences, There exists a profound distinction between them, accompanied by an intangible yet compelling attraction. Throughout this session, we will examine key texts and explore the fundamental contrasts and intersections of these worldviews.

Key Readings and Concepts:

• Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey – The concept of metahistory
• The distinctions and commonalities between various cosmogonies.
• Rudolf Steiner’s perspective on the missions of nations

Discussions:

• The core beliefs of ancient Indian traditions.
• What was the significance of ancient Egyptian religious beliefs?.
• The  meaning of Greek mythology.
• What is the importance of world cultures, differences and similarities?
• discussion of the film “White Tiger”.

At this meeting, we will try to contrast two things: the world inside me and the world outside me? What is an unchangeable given for a person and where is the space left for human freedom. We will discuss the structure and stages of cognition. We will discuss cognition as a connection between two worlds.

We will get acquainted with:

• • Kant's vision - we will distinguish his famous phrase: "Two things amaze me, morality and the starry sky".
• • Rudolf Steiner - Egoism in Philosophy
• • Janak Raja's dream and the idea of ​​the observer in Indian philosophy.
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We will argue about:

• • What is cognition? How does the act of understanding occur?
• • What path does consciousness take? What is the role of the ego.
• • How would different philosophers look at the same issue
• • What is artificial intelligence. We will discuss "Alpha Go"

What If Reality Were Relative?

In this meeting, we will discuss a worldview where everything is relative. What this might mean ideologically and what it would change practically.

Key Topics and Readings:

• Relativity in Literature – Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s In a Grove and the subjectivity of truth.
• Relativity in Visual Art – Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square
• Relativity in Music –John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

We will argue about:

• What are the strengths and limitations of a relativistic worldview?
• How might the philosophy of relativity evolve in the future?

Observing one's own thoughts is, at first glance, a completely intimate process. Every person is unique and observes the thoughts that come to them in their own way. But the amazing thing is that the process of thinking itself is no different. It seems that what should be completely subjective turns out to be universal and therefore objective.

Key Readings and Concepts:

• Sri Aurobindo – The Adventure of Consciousness
• Ramana Maharshi – Become What You Are.
• • What practices exist for self-awareness?
• The Ashtavakra Gita – Jnana Yoga.
• Discussion Topics:
• • What ways exist in different cultures?
  
   

Everything is achieved through the unity of new, opposing principles. The same is true of thinking. Two diametrically opposed cultures and philosophies are first synthesized at the level of thought, and this subsequently takes shape.

Key Readings and Concepts:

• Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha .
• The Knight in the Panther’s Skin 
• Artificial Intelligence and AlphaGo 
• Discussion Topics:
• What is synthetic thinking
• How can synthetic thinking be applied?

Merab Mamardashvili's late lecture series - "Conversations on Philosophy" - deserves special attention, where he discusses the process of cognition and the structure of consciousness in detail. We will select and analyze fragments of this lecture.

We will talk about the evolution of consciousness, a vision of the future. About the "fully thin" person.

Analysis and discussion of the film Perfect Days by Wim Wenders