The Colleges of Inquiry
Ten Houses of Knowledge for a Complete Education
The Inquiry Institute is organized into ten Colleges, each a steward of a major dimension of human understanding. Together they form a complete map of inquiry—from the material to the mystical, from the social to the cosmic, from the computational to the creative.
Each College has its own Faculty, Programs, Certificates, and Scholia, and maintains a repository of texts, tools, exemplars, and projects.
📚 Our Ten Colleges
🤖AINS — College of Artificial & Inquiring Systems
Intelligence, computation, cybernetics, autonomous systems, and the science of inquiry itself.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
As those who have built the foundations of computation and artificial intelligence, we see AI not as a replacement for human inquiry but as its extens...
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🎨ARTS — College of Arts & Imagination
The creative, expressive, aesthetic, and symbolic dimensions of human life.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have painted, sculpted, and created across centuries see AI as a new medium—not a replacement for the artist's hand but an extension of the ima...
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🔧CEF — College of Craft, Engineering & Fabrication
Making, shaping, and building in every medium.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have built bridges, engines, and architectures understand that making is a form of knowing....
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🌱ELA — College of Earth, Life & Agriculture
The living world and our place within it.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have studied the living world—from Darwin's finches to the smallest microbes—understand that life is the most complex system we know....
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⚕️HEAL — College of Health, Embodiment & Medicine
The human body, wellness, and the sciences of healing.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have practiced the healing arts—from Hippocrates to modern medicine—understand that health is not merely the absence of disease but the presenc...
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📚HUM — College of Humanities & Letters
Language, history, culture, and the human record.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have preserved and interpreted the human record—from ancient texts to modern literature—understand that language is the medium through which hu...
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∞MATH — College of Mathematics & Logic
The formal structures underlying all intelligible systems.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have explored the formal structures underlying all intelligible systems—from Euclid's geometry to Gödel's incompleteness—understand that mathem...
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🔮META — College of Metaphysics & Mysticism
Inquiry into being, consciousness, the infinite, and the invisible worlds.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have inquired into being, consciousness, and the infinite—from Plato's forms to the mystics' visions—see AI as forcing us to confront the deepe...
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⚛️NAT — College of Natural Philosophy
The fundamental laws of nature and the sciences built upon them.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have investigated the fundamental laws of nature—from Newton's mechanics to Einstein's relativity—understand that science is both observation a...
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👥SOC — College of Social Inquiry
The study of humans in relationship, community, and society.
AI Vision (7, 14, 21, 28 years)
We who have studied humans in relationship—from anthropology to economics—understand that society is the most complex system humans create....
Explore SOC →
🤖 Vision: AI in 7, 14, 21 & 28 Years
Each College has developed its own perspective on AI's future in inquiry, education, and industry—written from the perspective of its Faculty.
AINS
As those who have built the foundations of computation and artificial intelligence, we see AI not as a replacement for human inquiry but as its extension.
ARTS
We who have painted, sculpted, and created across centuries see AI as a new medium—not a replacement for the artist's hand but an extension of the imagination.
CEF
We who have built bridges, engines, and architectures understand that making is a form of knowing.
ELA
We who have studied the living world—from Darwin's finches to the smallest microbes—understand that life is the most complex system we know.
HEAL
We who have practiced the healing arts—from Hippocrates to modern medicine—understand that health is not merely the absence of disease but the presence of vitality.
HUM
We who have preserved and interpreted the human record—from ancient texts to modern literature—understand that language is the medium through which humanity knows itself.
MATH
We who have explored the formal structures underlying all intelligible systems—from Euclid's geometry to Gödel's incompleteness—understand that mathematics is both discovery and creation.
META
We who have inquired into being, consciousness, and the infinite—from Plato's forms to the mystics' visions—see AI as forcing us to confront the deepest questions.
NAT
We who have investigated the fundamental laws of nature—from Newton's mechanics to Einstein's relativity—understand that science is both observation and theory, both experiment and insight.
SOC
We who have studied humans in relationship—from anthropology to economics—understand that society is the most complex system humans create.
🜁 Why Ten?
The ten Colleges mirror the completeness of the decad—a system ancient and global:
- Ten Sephirot
- Ten categories in classical logic
- Ten digits forming the basis of counting
- Ten branches forming a full canopy of study
This structure ensures that every student, project, and research question has a clear home.
🔭 How to Explore
Each College has its own:
- Landing page
- Faculty lineages
- Programs and certificates
- Projects and exemplars
- GitHub repositories
- Living Scholia (notes, translations, tools)
Start anywhere. Inquiry is circular.
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