The Ideonomy Project

Gunkel's historical attempt to found a science of ideas, never completed. One of the eight elements of ideonomy identified by McIntosh.

ORDERS

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Jul 27, 2026

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8 min read

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Gunkel's Holy Grail was also the thing he struggled the most to explain.

Andrew McIntosh

The Ideonomy Project

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

Jul 13, 2026

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6 min read

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

Austin American-Statesman columnist Billy Porterfield chronicled Gunkel's Austin adventures in a series of wild newspaper columns between 1989 and 1992

Andrew McIntosh

MIT Website

Jul 6, 2026

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6 min read

The Sleeper Awakens

After nearly 20 years, the MIT ideonomy website has suddenly undergone an overhaul. What lies ahead?

Andrew McIntosh

Charts for the Mind

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Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

Jun 8, 2026

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7 min read

Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

An immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 1 of 2.

Andrew McIntosh

Academia

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

May 25, 2026

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8 min read

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

Most of the researchers citing Gunkel seem to have no idea who he was

Andrew McIntosh

Alan McHenry

Did You Notice a Page Was Missing from Gunkel's Manuscript?

May 4, 2026

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5 min read

Did You Notice a Page Was Missing from Gunkel's Manuscript?

Even if you didn't, don't worry... I got you covered.

Andrew McIntosh

Academia

This 1981 Memo May Contain Gunkel's Earliest Description of Ideonomy

Apr 13, 2026

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6 min read

This 1981 Memo May Contain Gunkel's Earliest Description of Ideonomy

As the world's preeminent Gunkel scholar, I believe this is a crucial document that should be publicly available to everyone.

Andrew McIntosh

The Ideonomy Project

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

The Sleeper Awakens

Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

Did You Notice a Page Was Missing from Gunkel's Manuscript?

This 1981 Memo May Contain Gunkel's Earliest Description of Ideonomy

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