Benjamin B Olshin
Biographic Data
| ID | 882719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin B Olshin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin B |
| FAMILY NAME | Olshin |
| SIGNATURE | OLSHIN B B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1341-4785 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Marckalada
Marckalada: Quando l’America aveva un altro nome." Terrae Incognitae, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Upriver Journeys
Upriver Journeys: Diaspora and Empire in Southern China, 1570–1850." Terrae Incognitae, 51(1), pp. 105–106
The Description of the World
How to Talk about Physical Reality? Other Models, Other Questions
Investigating the nature of our apparent physical reality is a profound challenge. Our models from physics, while powerful, do not treat reality per se. The famous painter Paul Gaugin articulated the relevant existential questions famously in a grand painting - questions that also give the painting its title: D’où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous? People of religious faith, of course, assume that one can know the ultimate truth of rea…
Reality check
And yet, and yet Denying temporal succession, denying the self, denying the astronomical universe, are apparent desperations and secret consolations. Our destiny is not frightful by being unreal; it is frightful because it is irreversible and iron-clad The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges." -Jorge Luis Borges, "A New Refutation of Time"
The I Ching or "Book of Changes"
The Mystery of the “Marco Polo” Maps
Debating the authentic
A sixteenth century Portuguese report concerning an early Javanese world map
In the sixteenth century, there were numerous voyages of discovery in the oceans of the world, expanding European understanding and influence. These explorations, and in particular the knowledge they created, have tended to overshadow other ventures into the unknown. Not just the Europeans, but other cultures as well, navigated the seas and accumulated geographical information, putting together their own ideas about the distribution of the lands …
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A sixteenth century Portuguese report concerning an early Javanese world map
In the sixteenth century, there were numerous voyages of discovery in the oceans of the world, expanding European understanding and influence. These explorations, and in particular the knowledge they created, have tended to overshadow other ventures into the unknown. Not just the Europeans, but other cultures as well, navigated the seas and accumulated geographical information, putting together their own ideas about the distribution of the lands …
Debating the authentic
The I Ching or "Book of Changes"
The Mystery of the “Marco Polo” Maps
Reality check
And yet, and yet Denying temporal succession, denying the self, denying the astronomical universe, are apparent desperations and secret consolations. Our destiny is not frightful by being unreal; it is frightful because it is irreversible and iron-clad The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges." -Jorge Luis Borges, "A New Refutation of Time"
How to Talk about Physical Reality? Other Models, Other Questions
Investigating the nature of our apparent physical reality is a profound challenge. Our models from physics, while powerful, do not treat reality per se. The famous painter Paul Gaugin articulated the relevant existential questions famously in a grand painting - questions that also give the painting its title: D’où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous? People of religious faith, of course, assume that one can know the ultimate truth of rea…
The Description of the World
Upriver Journeys
Upriver Journeys: Diaspora and Empire in Southern China, 1570–1850." Terrae Incognitae, 51(1), pp. 105–106
Marckalada
Marckalada: Quando l’America aveva un altro nome." Terrae Incognitae, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Geography (4 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)