app02 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:20:04 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Intuition” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/intuition Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:30:00 -0500 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 185: Intuition and Reality: The Wedge, Part One https://www.weirdstudies.com/185 2bedd308-491e-4216-a0aa-a6656cf16eea Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:30:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 185 Intuition and Reality: The Wedge, Part One full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil discuss the role of intuition in knowing the world in this first of two shows on the metaphysics of the Weird. 1:16:38 yes <p>"The Wedge" is a key concept for Phil and JF. When exploring weird phenomena—from artworks to ghosts, and everything in between—one tends to emphasize one or the other "end" of the event. At the thin end of the Wedge, the focus is on subjective experience: how it felt, what it was like, and its personal significance. At the thick end, the emphasis shifts to what <em>actually</em> happened, independent of how it was experienced. Though their roles sometimes switch, Phil generally thinks from the thin end, while JF approaches things from the thick. In this episode, they begin unpacking the implications of the Wedge for making sense of reality’s stranger aspects. </p> <p><em>Header image by SavidgeMichael via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ForgottenMemoriesofExploringaLiminalSpace.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener">Wikimedia Commons</a>.<br> _<br> Join the <a href="http://www.weirdosphere.org" rel="nofollow noopener">Weirdosphere</a>, our online learning platform<br> Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a>.<br> Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" rel="nofollow noopener">2</a>, on Pierre-Yves Martel's <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp</a> page.<br> Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, _<a href="https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmophonia</a></em>.<br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong> </p> <p>Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/184" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 184 on David Lynch</a> <br> Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show” <br> Scene by Scene, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0itTpuzzcQ&amp;ab_channel=DidymusBibliophilus" rel="nofollow noopener">1999 Interview with David Lynch</a> <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/76" rel="nofollow noopener">Episodes 76 on Henri Bergson’s Metaphysics</a> <br> Henri Bergson, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781420940435" rel="nofollow noopener">Creative Evolution</a></em> <br> Phil Ford, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780199939916" rel="nofollow noopener">Dig</a></em> <br> Johan Huizinga, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781774642238" rel="nofollow noopener">The Waning of the Middle Ages</a></em> <br> Lewis Lockwood, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/97803933263830" rel="nofollow noopener">Beethoven: The Music and the Life</a></em> </p> wedge, weird studies, metaphysics, weird, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, intuition "The Wedge" is a key concept for Phil and JF. When exploring weird phenomena—from artworks to ghosts, and everything in between—one tends to emphasize one or the other "end" of the event. At the thin end of the Wedge, the focus is on subjective experience: how it felt, what it was like, and its personal significance. At the thick end, the emphasis shifts to what actually happened, independent of how it was experienced. Though their roles sometimes switch, Phil generally thinks from the thin end, while JF approaches things from the thick. In this episode, they begin unpacking the implications of the Wedge for making sense of reality’s stranger aspects.

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REFERENCES

Weird Studies, Episode 184 on David Lynch
Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show”
Scene by Scene, 1999 Interview with David Lynch
Weird Studies, Episodes 76 on Henri Bergson’s Metaphysics
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Phil Ford, Dig
Johan Huizinga, The Waning of the Middle Ages
Lewis Lockwood, Beethoven: The Music and the Life

]]> "The Wedge" is a key concept for Phil and JF. When exploring weird phenomena—from artworks to ghosts, and everything in between—one tends to emphasize one or the other "end" of the event. At the thin end of the Wedge, the focus is on subjective experience: how it felt, what it was like, and its personal significance. At the thick end, the emphasis shifts to what actually happened, independent of how it was experienced. Though their roles sometimes switch, Phil generally thinks from the thin end, while JF approaches things from the thick. In this episode, they begin unpacking the implications of the Wedge for making sense of reality’s stranger aspects.

Header image by SavidgeMichael via Wikimedia Commons.
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Join the Weirdosphere, our online learning platform
Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, _Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES

Weird Studies, Episode 184 on David Lynch
Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show”
Scene by Scene, 1999 Interview with David Lynch
Weird Studies, Episodes 76 on Henri Bergson’s Metaphysics
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Phil Ford, Dig
Johan Huizinga, The Waning of the Middle Ages
Lewis Lockwood, Beethoven: The Music and the Life

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