Claudius Ptolemy

mathematician · 2 mentions across 2 readings

In this course

Ptolemy appears only as a passing reference in these excerpts, mentioned in relation to historical reevaluation within cultic milieus and ancient chronological frameworks. The fragmentary nature of the citations suggests he figures primarily as a contested historical authority—someone whose medieval and early modern reception gets revisited when examining how technological systems and narratives reshape collective memory. His presence in a seminar on architecture and AI likely signals how inherited epistemological frameworks (astronomical, geographical, cosmological) become remedialized through contemporary computational and networked systems.

Mentioned in 2 readings

Aaron French

The Mandela Effect and New Memory

The psychological symptoms indicated by the ME could increase as information spreads and technological media complexifies. The relationship between memory, event, and narrative is apparent in the cultic milieu through its reevaluation of an…

Steven J. Dick

Cosmic Evolution, from Cosmos and Culture

their inherent right to expand westward and seize territory from the Native Americans, the word can and must be dissociated from that historical event. In fact, the concept of “destiny” has often been used in the context of theological disc…

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