# Philosophy in a New Key, by Susanne K. Langer – Session 2 \[Cosmos Café 2021-11-18\]

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**Created:** [November 13, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/philosophy-in-a-new-key-by-susanne-k-langer-session-2-cosmos-cafe-2021-11-18/5004 "2021-11-13T18:24:27Z")
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Thanks John. That reminds me of something you posted when we researched Jennifer Gidley’s Appendix C: “Literacy Unveiled: Art as Language from a Palaeoaesthetic Perspective” from [The Evolution of Consciousness as a Planetary Imperative](https://integral-review.org/pdf-template-issue.php?pdfName=issue_5_gidley_the_evolution_of_consciousness_as_a_planetary_imperative.pdf):

> [@Cosmos Café: Discussing “The Evolution of Consciousness as a Planetary Imperative: An Integration of Integral Views" \[4/3\]](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/cosmos-cafe-discussing-the-evolution-of-consciousness-as-a-planetary-imperative-an-integration-of-integral-views-4-3/1831/3):
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> A suggestion for the group. I have finished Appendix C and found it fairly easy to get through, and though there is plenty to discuss, I want more so I am going to go ahead and read the first two appendices as well. I think we could handle this quite easily and hope someone else has the time to do this, too, for I would love to hear what others think. I sense there are connections between some of our most recent conversations on alphabets, hands, and the experiments we did with alternate ways of…

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I do not have much time to post at the moment but I do appreciate you posting the important seed questions Johnny. These are questions I cannot answer easily. The relevance of Susanne Langer to our current cultural climate is still developing as we read, type and speak about this work. I know we can parse things out in our conversation tomorrow, as we do, and want to invite a full spectrum of temperature to the call. Too much of our social media is too hot. Too much of our physical encounters are cold and a certain boundary is lifted or a safety bubble overprotects us from encounters with the full spectrum of what is possible. I believe that sharing our given temperature places, in real time, that which is possible and makes our possibilities a reality. I want to state upfront that I very much appreciated the tone of our last conversation and would like a solid structure or grounding as @achronon graciously provided last meeting (no pressure Marco!). I would also like for us to get down and dirty, to turn up the heat if we feel the thermostat needs shifting.

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