Ok, first, @lukemaximus thank you for bringing this to my attention. Wow. I was only able to get through a few pages… I will have to set aside a little time. Wow. This is a topic of a article in a philosophical journal?
I was captivated by philosophy in 1969 in high school when I took a course from teacher with a PhD in philosophy (I was fortunate to go to a great high school… or all would have been lost). In college I minored in philosophy. But, I concluded it was mostly BS because all the contemporary philosophers built systems of philosophy without establishing the metaphysical basis. Kind of like programmers want to get on with programming, because that is what they like, without fully understanding the requirements.
So I decided I needed to experience the world and think about it. Which I did for over thirty years. Then some ideas started coming together and I found research in evolutionary and developmental psychology which opened up the nature of consciousness. Dozens of books, hundreds of lectures, and hours upon hours of thought… i am feeling I am starting to understand existence and philosophy.
A philosophy journal article on audiophiles? My mind is blown. Transparency? WTF. How about the metaphysical and epistemological underpinnings of the Valley Girl?