Lewis Dowell III

1.  V+Comp/abc {(AlgaAlga)} = Pdt

2.  V+Comp/abc {(AlgbAlgb)} = Pdt2

3. V+Comp/abc{(AlgcAlgc)} = Pdt3

In the changing of the components of vector series over the qualifying variables the subsets in addition to the
altered states of the algorithms are transformable to the injunction of the changed or altered paradigm within the context of its dimension and time.  This is therefore reproducible to the degree that continuous changes in the Paradigms may be effective with changes in the Algorithms from the input and output of its produced components and designed Vector Series.  The above series is an example of a triple Paradigm Shift from the altered Vector Series in the plane of dimension and time.

The Being/Doing Nexus (Theory & Philosophy)
by Lewis Dowell, III

Critical thinking on the nexus of being and doing has origins in the epistemological and ontological components of philosophy. The urgency of doing in a continuum of the ever present now creates a two-fold process of achieving permanency in the evaluation of knowing when and where one is within the cosmos. Ontologically speaking, being in a confined space such as the world propels the thinking matter between the ears i.e the brain to foster ways to know and/or understand the fundamental elements and components of its special placement from various perspectives under the accordance of the five senses and the channels of the unseen called spirit.
The evaluation of completing processes and programs is often understood to be fruitful in the endeavor of the undertaking at hand or at least to be non- idle in the progression of continual movement of being, which is a state of existence. The academic community supports evaluation of ‘doing’ through its many tiered and layered judgements of rating scales, systems, graduations, and celebrations of congratulations. Therefore doing scholarly works in academia appears to be more fruitful than being a scholar. On the surface one supports and qualifies as being tangible and evidence based, whereas the other appears to move toward the esoteric, meditative and theoretical. The nexus of doing and being though are equally important in critical thinking as it requires both to arrive at things called conclusions, endings and finalizations. This paper seeks to review this nexus of doing and being and furnish further debate on the classifications of philosophical and theoretical approaches on doing and being in the spectrum of critical thinking studies.

Keywords: Ontology, Epistemology, Critical Thinking Studies

Get Outta There!! The Culture of Vultures
by Lewis Dowell, III

Belonging to a culture is imperative when establishing and maintaining one and it has permeable effects when blending and bleeding into others. The Get Outta There culture is one fostered by the realization that a person or group of people embedded within a culture has a system of preying upon those within it.  This is a term I call Cultural Cannibalism.  This is necessary to understand when famine is in the land of cultural processes and assimilative productions of item sources and resources are limited. Examples of this may arise when renaissances are lacking or new waves of creativity are muffled and eviscerated and recreated and mass produced or altered in some major type of way. The mainstay of living in a culture of course is very different than participating in one. We all as live in a culture but rather or not we choose to participate in said culture is altogether different. The reassurance that life as a whole permits escape from cannibalistic cultures is the blessing.  The curse is living in one in the first place.

Now it would seem that the culture of vultures and the fulfilment of belonging to the group would embody the sense of success and achievement that so often follows group think and togetherness, but the difference in cultures that do not practice cultural cannibalism is that there are relatively fewer casualties with regards to social, political and economic ramifications. This paper focuses on The Get Outta There Culture of Vultures and the irreversible damage caused by cultural cannibalism.  The paper seeks to review modern and current trends in societies which have elements of belongingness in terms of culture and cultural narratives. In addition the paper will discuss the signs and symptoms of cultures which promote cultural cannibalism and the creation and promotion of the development of the Get Outta There Culture.

Sensible Nonsense: Examinations of Philosophical, Political, Historical, Scientific & Religious Constructs
by Lewis Dowell, III

Sensible nonsense is actually a strong component in the chaotic stream of historical narrative and scientific investigation such as chaotic theory and some parts of quantum mechanics.  And at the forefront of everyday media and real measurements of edification in the education system they scope and range of specific inquiry in nonsense and the unusual are many.  Conditions for both linear and circular inquiry include concepts associated with philosophical dilemmas and paradoxes, political constructs incorporated into societal norms, historical narratives, scientific phenomena and religious dogma.

Political streams of consciousness and thematically shifting paradigms are ever changing in sometimes strange and unusual ways, and are often reflective of notions which at first glance appear to be nonsensical yet sensible at the same time.  For instance the United States of America's system of institutional slavery and the utilization of human chattel for centuries were considered lawful and just in the eyes of the constitutional  court system of the U.S. A as those who were in bondage were considered to be only 3/4th human and other part animal.  Yet philosophically all men were considered to be created equal in the eyes of God and the moral stances somehow overrode the racial designated hatred of semantics of what was considered human and animal.  The political ramifications of error in an antebellum world system therefore at the surface would appear nonsensical under verifiable codes of constitutions, laws, and uttered proclamations and written declarations, but sensible under a more humane scientific (genetic) aspect or perspective.

This paper aims to examine what I term sensible nonsense from several perspectives including, philosophical, political, historical, scientific and religious.  The "good" and the "bad" appear here in relativistic cultural perspectives balanced with philosophical overtones of what humanists call humanity.  Scientifically, concepts of "good and bad" will be viewed as occurrences in nature or natural phenomenon whether created by the species known as homo sapiens- sapiens or another type of organism or external force.  Terms such as "good and bad" will also be examined from religious constructs as they apply to the so called value attribution of the unusual in theological texts and formulations of dogma.  Since politics and history are so intricately connected in terms of their evaluation systems and narrative "good and bad" will be viewed from the standpoint "of the times" and analyzed from the sensible nonsense theorem equivalency value system.

Key Words: Nonsense, Sensible, History, Politics, Science, Religion, Cultural Relativism, Chaos

ABSTRACT
Through Dreams
by Lewis Dowell, III

When people dream they dream of dreams dreamt by dreamers created though the dream world to live and establish ‘place’ through the realms beyond a current reality to a paradigm where that reality is turned over to a dreamland established within the context of the supreme or desirable.  It is through dreams which the parameters of altered states are designed to manifest the things wished and hoped for to create the desired aesthetic and framework of what is perceived to be life.  This paper discusses the concept of dreams as a pursuit of place and time with relativistic approaches through its many pursuers.  As the concept of dreams have different meanings for different peoples and cultures, this paper will limit the topic to approaches of desired effects upon attempts to create manufactured dreams through place and time.

The emotional context of arts and their generalized impressions come to bear upon the influence within society as mandated by the architectural processes of those individuals imbedded within the particular genre.  Nothing changes in particular with the fluxes of time as concerned with the created emotions but the emotional appear to the view or listener.  A painting by Van Gogh and Picasso may cause varying degrees of emotion from the viewer depending upon the context and memories attached to the piece.  Similarly a song by H-Town and/or Frank Sinatra will have varying degrees of emotions by the listener.  What produces these feelings and emotional outbreaks as formed within the context of space and time are dependent upon many factors and components within space and time.  Death, the birth of a child, a love affair, an anniversary of some traumatic, tragic or triumphant event are certainly elements once attached to a specific artsy fartsy piece can trigger particular emotions to arise from some deep wellspring.  Sometime people talk and talk about different things so the emotional connection becomes part and parcel of the vulnerabilities which might affect their self-esteem or their mental functioning with regards to their being conscience of the environment and their surroundings.  The ideas which flow to them can stem from situations of the past which serve as trigger points which move them to emotional outbursts of happiness or sadness for example.  Such descriptive examples of art can trigger a relational paradigm which is shared by the art and those who are 'experiencing' the art through the lens of shared emotional conjuring. When people exhibit balance in art regardless of form, tranquility and peace are often felt and when asymmetry is displayed emotions of belligerence, excitement and even rambunctiousness may be exhibited.  According to the popular 90's R&B group H-Town on their Album "Beggin' After Dark:

Emotions Make you Cry sometimes,
Emotions Make you sad sometimes,
Emotions Make you glad sometimes,
But most of all they make you fall in love
(H-Town Emotions Beggin After Dark)

The Houston, Texas based group's wide ranging appeal was apparent due to not only their cadence and diatribe and lyrics but the emotional connection they held with their audiences, particularly females.  The group's big hit "Emotions" expertly exhibits the use of instrumental and vocal arrangement in the real of emotional conjuring while simultaneously explaining and sharing the universal depth and range of emotions.

Something Old, Something New
by
Lewis Dowell, III

The very idea of using something old and transitioning it to the future for re-use is itself a very old and cultural-traditional event.  The utilization of rings for instance in ceremonial traditions, which signify the union of couples in matrimony dates back to antiquity.  The use of rings in engagements, weddings and the like continue to have cultural relevance throughout many societies in the world and no doubt will continue to do so in years to come. 

This paper seeks to discuss the historical significance of re-using rings as symbols of material continuance in the name of family traditions, cultures and representations of lives passed on from generation to generation.  For example a grandmother’s wedding band may become the property of a grandson and passed to his new wife on the couples wedding day.  A high school or collegiate class ring may have its significance or meaning changed as it is passed from its original wearer, the graduate to a person whom may have personal significance in the graduate’s life i.e boyfriend/girlfriend, fiancée/fiancé and/or friend or relative.

Finally this paper will investigate the parallel lines between the usage of rings and their re-usage from the perspective of “original wearer” to the “future wearer” in the context of cultural/historical relevance and the substance of materiality in the modern age under the backdrop of historical representations.

Keywords: Cultural History, Ceremony, Tradition, Cultural Relevance, Material Representations, Materiality

The plague of Medieval England and its slow departure from Central Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries continues to fascinate and puzzle historians of science. The methods they use to study and research the disease that decimated Europe are numerous and varied. In the two articles A Plague of Plagues: The Problem of Plague Diagnosis in Medieval England and The Retreat of Plague from Central Europe, 1640-1720: A Geomedical Approach, the authors present case studies concerning the Bubonic Plague in different historical and scientific contexts. In A Plague of Plagues. The Problem of Plague Diagnosis in Medieval England, John Theilmann and Frances Cate address the problems of defining the cause and routes of the plague, particularly in England. In their study Theilmann and Cate raise questions from a wide range of disciplines while providing the reader with what at times seem like overlapping and contradictory information, but they explain their efforts by referring to the large number of hypotheses in the literature on the Bubonic Plague, quoting from the likes of J.F.D. Shrewsbury's, A History of the Bubonic Plague in the British Isles, and Koenraad Bleukxx's, Was the Black Death (1348-49) A Real Plague Epidemic? England as a Case Study, for example. These references and more give the authors a firm foundation in establishing their arguments on the problems of studying the plague in Medieval England. They analyze the disease of the fourteenth century and discuss whether it was indeed the Bubonic Plague of traditional history, a combination of other diseases, or a different disease entirely. They argue that it may be plausible that the Bubonic Plague may have been associated with other diseases, like the Ebola Virus and typhus, which may have added to the high mortality rate. The authors give a defining historical narrative of the origins of the disease, relying on secondary and primary historical texts. They refer to medieval chronicles who agree that the BLACK DEATH arrived in England in 1348, through the port of Melcombe Regis in Dorset. Numerous sources, both past and present support this claim, however, the authors argue that English sources are quite scant on evidence in describing symptoms and particular modes of transmission of the disease. They progress beyond traditional historical approaches by using interdisciplinary methodologies to gather and decipher inadequate primary sources in order to form some sort of composite in explaining the complexity of the plague. They even address its virulence and look at such environmental factors as temperature and humidity which may have facilitated the diseases spread. In the article, The Retreat of Plague from Central Europe, 1640-1720: A Geomedical Approach, Edward A. Eckert's probing analysis details the demographics and geological routes of the plague and outlines possible explanations as to why the plague of sixteen and seventeen century Central Europe disappeared from the region after its destructive onslaught. Unlike Frances Cate and John M. Thielmann who use England as a case study, and trace the plague's English origin at the port of Melcombe Regis in Dorset, Eckert's article focuses on Central

In the systematic analysis of madness and the components which make up the dimensions of its long history, there are questions which remain in regards to its complexity and socio-evolutionary elements on society. From whence does it come from? Does the genetic composition of an individual tie in with environmental factors (the age old question of nature versus nurture for example)? And if so what are some of the trigger points that send individuals down the dark road of madness. Ancient physicians attributed such mental states to a person's humors being out of balance. Remedies such as tonics and powerful elixirs and bloodletting were commonly used to bring harmony to plagued individuals. Others believed the spirits of angered relatives or dead enemies entered into the mind of their victims causing chaos, confusion and delirium. Their practical method of relieving such torment and confusion was by trepanning, a technique which required boring holes into the cranium of the patient, thereby providing exit routes for the disembodied spirit or demon. The earliest known practice of this technique dates as far back as the early Neolithic age. Early theologians, in their piety and God fearing ways attempted to remedy the madness though exorcisms i.e. chants, prayers, fasting and reading of the scripture and laying of the hands, to rid the person of the bothersome spirit. In the Holy Bible the Old Testament clearly explains how the madness of Saul was placated by the power of music through David's Harp. 1 Another Biblical example is the madness that came upon the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, who is said to have roamed around his kingdom like a wild animal until he submitted to the God of the Hebrews. 2 Historians of medicine and psychiatry in particular have often tried to analyze madness in its various forms and components, in an attempt to grasp the ideological framework of certain periods of time, thus allowing them to view madness in a sharper historical and medical context. Depending upon a host of characteristics, historians of psychiatry describe madness, its causes and the strange agent whereby it moves and affects people, cultures and civilizations. For example, when defining madness in fourteenth century Europe many historians of psychiatry suggest that doctors of the time described madness as being " a disease that struck at its victim from outside independently of his will. " 3 At that time there was no defining consensus whereby physicians could specify the source, route and full nature of madness. Although western civilization accredits Johann Weyer, (b.1515-d.1558) the sixteenth century physician as being the founder of modern psychiatry, it can be argued that the madness did not really begin to take shape in the west, in a scientific framework until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries respectively. However with Weyer one does begin to see early rudimentary shifts from religious theories of madness to the more scientific views of mental illness. This essay looks at some of the methods by which madness as a peculiar entity has been described by historians of medicine and some of the problems associated with the approaches by which they draw their conclusions, and their effects on individuals,

Good beaches are like good pussy, the more one experiences the refreshing wetness of the shore the deeper one wants to get in. Historically beaches and the populations surrounding them have had an on off love affair steeped in curiosity, caution and intrigue. Aesthetically pleasing to the senses, beaches have appealed to paupers, potentates and tourists alike and have refashioned and revolutionized the tourism and entertainment industries on many levels. This paper will examine the dual nature between the two industries and peoples socioeconomic , cultural and political interaction with the beach phenomena, and the historical ramifications of these connectedness. Oftentimes beaches have allowed people to take themselves to far away enchanting places where they can escape the familiar surroundings of everyday stress and strife. Whether its an escape from the theater of corporate life or the classroom the beaches of modern society have served as a type of Lazarus pit to revitalize the weary. Famous beaches like Daytona Beach, Florida, Cancun Mexico, Muscle Beach, Los Angeles and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for example have drawn millions of people from around the world to their respective shores whether for business, sport or entertainment purposes. In times of plenty or boon the diversity of the socio political class systems may be seen mingling in the seas conducting various pursuits of interest. And although the economy greatly influences the sorts of activities people might participate in, the people or populous themselves very much influence the economic/ financial heartbeat of the environment whether it's a casino, resort, golf course etc. Questions addressing beach infrastructure and real estate for example thrive in the business to business sphere of banking and entertainment, wherein customers and client relationships with venders become an assortment of both tangible and intangible fantasies and dreams on fabulous escapes to exotic and faraway places. Historically the financial and economic features of beaches is relatively new in terms of resort development and tourism for tourism sake.

This article is a review of shit in an ontological, metaphysical
context as it relates to substance, matter, particles and
properties. I utilize a variety of philosophers (with a focus on
17th/18th centuries in particular), historians, theologians,
scientists, and scholars in framing a discussion or argument on the concept of shit as an entity of epistemological ambiguity in human history, philosophy and cultural development.