What is Media Philosophy?

medium (n.) 1580s, "a middle ground, quality, or degree," from Latin medium "the middle, midst, center; interval," noun use of neuter of adjective medius (see medial (adj.)). Meaning "intermediate agency, channel of communication" is from c. 1600. That of "person who conveys spiritual messages" first recorded 1853, from notion of "substance through which something is conveyed." Artistic sense (oil, watercolors, etc.) is from 1854. Happy medium is the "golden mean," Horace's aurea mediocritas. medium (adj.) 1660s, "average," from medium (n.). The Latin adjective was medius. Meaning "intermediate" is from 1796. As a size designation from 1711. as a designation of cooked meat, it is attested from 1931, short for medium-rare (1881).

media (n.) "newspapers, radio, TV, etc." 1927, perhaps abstracted from mass media (1923, a technical term in advertising), plural of medium, on notion of "intermediate agency," a sense found in that word in English from c. 1600. also multi-media, 1962, from multi- + media. The press, meaning "journalists collectively" has been superseded by media since the rise of television and the Internet

Socrates on Writing in Plato’s Phaedrus

Unlike Plato’s Philosophy, Gorgias’ Rhetoric was Divorced from Truth

Plato was Understandably Hostile to Rhetoric

Platonic Philosophy is Dialogue Geared Towards Truth

Immorally Uplifting Poetry, Music, and Visual Art

Platonic Philosophy vs Writing, Rhetoric, and Most Poetry/Music Writing = False Memory Rhetoric = Persuasion without Truth Poetry/Music = Immorally Uplifting

Irony: Socrates’ Dialogues Preserved in Writing

Unlike Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were Literate