Author Archives: mm_admin

The Medieval, Modern and Postmodern Pool Table

Posted on August 31, 2011 by mm_admin

The pool hall is where Aristotle’s agency and Galileo’s causality meet. The medieval pool table is not bounded by rubber. Moreover, to paraphrase a line from the film The Matrix, “There is no pool cue.” In order to reach the … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics and the Message of Digital Media

Posted on July 21, 2011 by mm_admin

In honour of the centenary of the birth of Marshall McLuhan  (b. 1911) I’m posting this paper entitled Cybernetics and the Message of Digital Media that I wrote for my students when I taught at the Centre for Society, Technology and … Continue reading →

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Technology, Theology and the Human Person

Posted on July 1, 2011 by mm_admin

I attended the biennial meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX from May 26th to the 29th and gave a paper entitled Technology, Theology and the Human Person: The contribution of … Continue reading →

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World Communications Day Homily

Posted on June 5, 2011 by mm_admin

While giving my homily on World Communications Day, which in Canada falls on the Ascension of the Lord, I announced that, today, I would begin a blog. Thus, it seemed fitting that this first blog post should make available the text of … Continue reading →

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