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My questions (before)

• Why pursue scholarship? What is the value of scholarship?
  • Why expand knowledge? Scholarship as the expansion of knowledge.
    • Why wisdom? Why expand knowledge of life?
      • What are the fundamental concepts and activities that can ground a shared language of wisdom?
    • Why absolute truth?
      • Who cares about absolute truth?
      • Who studies absolute truth?
      • What is the history of absolute truth?
    • Why expand knowledge of math?
      • What is the value of math?
      • What is the value of math for wisdom?
      • Who, in the past, have appreciated that value? What thinkers and what supporters?
      • Who today would appreciate that value?
• How can I reach out to others and grow an investigatory community?
• What are examples of investigatory communities that I could learn from, especially those founded by individuals?
  • What are examples of successful scholarship, especially scholarship which was influential on society?
  • What are exemplary "independent" or "alternative" scholarship communities? For example, the Vienna Circle... the Martian-Hungarians...
  • Who are exemplary leaders of "alternative" scholarship, especially leaders of alternative scholarship communities?
    • Make epistemological portraits of several such leaders.
  • How have such individuals and communities led broader cultural movements?
• What could I learn from their activities and supporting materials?
  • What are examples of handbooks for investigators?
• How can I support myself and others in my community?
  • What are the ways that such individuals, communities, movements provide for themselves?

Questions together with others

• What is our picture of scholarship?
  • What would we like scholarship to look like?
  • How do we want scholarship to be received by others?
  • How do we differ in our views on this?
  • Where do we each fit in the landscape of truth?