1. Zamecnik, Paul C., 1962, History and speculation on protein synthesis: Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics: p. 47-53.

BibTeX
@misc{zamecnik1962history,
    author = "Zamecnik, Paul C.",
    title = "History and speculation on protein synthesis",
    year = "1962",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/014/9959",
    doi = "10.1090/psapm/014/9959",
    pages = "47-53"
}

2. Hird, F. M. W., 1975, A SPECULATION ON THE ORIGINS OF ACCOUNTING: Accounting Historians Journal: v. 2, no. 1: p. 17-21.

BibTeX
@article{hird1975a,
    author = "Hird, F. M. W.",
    title = "A SPECULATION ON THE ORIGINS OF ACCOUNTING",
    year = "1975",
    journal = "Accounting Historians Journal",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.2.1.17",
    doi = "10.2308/0148-4184.2.1.17",
    number = "1",
    pages = "17-21",
    volume = "2"
}

3. Crick, F. H. C. and Brenner, S. and Klug, A. and Pieczenik, G., 1976, A speculation on the origin of protein synthesis: Origins of Life: v. 7, no. 4: p. 389-397.

BibTeX
@article{crick1976a,
    author = "Crick, F. H. C. and Brenner, S. and Klug, A. and Pieczenik, G.",
    title = "A speculation on the origin of protein synthesis",
    year = "1976",
    journal = "Origins of Life",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00927934",
    doi = "10.1007/bf00927934",
    number = "4",
    pages = "389-397",
    volume = "7"
}

4. Crick, F. H. C. and Brenner, S. and Klug, A. and Pieczenik, G, 1976, A speculation on the origin of protein systhesis: Origins Life, v. 7, p. 389-397.

BibTeX
@phdthesis{crick1976a1,
    author = "Crick, F. H. C. and Brenner, S. and Klug, A. and Pieczenik, G",
    title = "A speculation on the origin of protein systhesis",
    year = "1976",
    publisher = "Origins Life, v. 7, p. 389-397",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Crick, F. H. C., Brenner, S., Klug, A., and Pieczenik, G., 1976, A speculation on the origin of protein systhesis: Origins Life, v. 7, p. 389-397.}"
}

5. Crick, F. H. C., 1977, A speculation on the origin of protein synthesis: Origins of Life: v. 8, no. 1: p. 67-67.

BibTeX
@article{crick1977a,
    author = "Crick, F. H. C.",
    title = "A speculation on the origin of protein synthesis",
    year = "1977",
    journal = "Origins of Life",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00930942",
    doi = "10.1007/bf00930942",
    number = "1",
    pages = "67-67",
    volume = "8"
}

6. Fox, Sidney W., 1981, Origins of the protein synthesis cycle: International Journal of Quantum Chemistry: v. 20, no. S8: p. 441-454.

BibTeX
@article{fox1981origins,
    author = "Fox, Sidney W.",
    title = "Origins of the protein synthesis cycle",
    year = "1981",
    journal = "International Journal of Quantum Chemistry",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.560200739",
    doi = "10.1002/qua.560200739",
    number = "S8",
    pages = "441-454",
    volume = "20"
}

7. Fox, S. W, 1981, Origins of the protein synthesis cycle: International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, v. QBS8, p. 441-454.

BibTeX
@phdthesis{fox1981origins2,
    author = "Fox, S. W",
    title = "Origins of the protein synthesis cycle",
    year = "1981",
    publisher = "International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, v. QBS8, p. 441-454",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Fox, S. W., 1981, Origins of the protein synthesis cycle: International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, v. QBS8, p. 441-454.}"
}

8. 2015, VI. The Origins of Community: A Speculation: Division and Cohesion in Democracy: A Study of Norway: p. 111-120.

BibTeX
@incollection{crossref2015vi,
    title = "VI. The Origins of Community: A Speculation",
    year = "2015",
    booktitle = "Division and Cohesion in Democracy: A Study of Norway",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400868162-008",
    doi = "10.1515/9781400868162-008",
    pages = "111-120"
}

9. Nelson, Peter, 2021, The Evolutionary Origins of Paranoia: A Speculation: Academia Letters.

BibTeX
@article{nelson2021the,
    author = "Nelson, Peter",
    title = "The Evolutionary Origins of Paranoia: A Speculation",
    year = "2021",
    journal = "Academia Letters",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.20935/al2621",
    doi = "10.20935/al2621"
}

10. Sawyer, Chris, 2025, No First Thought: Speculation After Origin: The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: v. 39, no. 4: p. 461-481.

Abstract

A formal method of speculative philosophy emerges when recursion, rather than foundational origin, becomes the structural point of departure. Traditions grounded in givenness—whether epistemological, phenomenological, or metaphysical—presuppose an inaugural moment of thought. In contrast, recursion posits that thought arises only through reentry: it is never first. Drawing on Peirce’s abductive logic, Hegel’s dialectical mediation, and recursive systems theory, this article develops a triadic model of speculative recursion—defined by iteration without origin, displacement without symmetry, and conditional ground-formation. This reorientation reframes speculation not as a movement toward foundational certainty or an acceptance of infinite regress, but as the generative articulation of structure through recursive delay. Systematic thought becomes a non-originary process, producing coherence without invoking absolute ground. Within contemporary post-foundational debates on rationality, autonomy, and construction, recursion appears not as a flaw but as the very condition of philosophical generation. The resulting framework supports an account of recursive identity that is neither presupposed nor constructed, but sustained through patterns of conditional reentry. Structural ontology, in this account, unfolds not from being or presence, but from recursive structure—without origin and without end.

BibTeX
@article{sawyer2025no,
    author = "Sawyer, Chris",
    title = "No First Thought: Speculation After Origin",
    year = "2025",
    journal = "The Journal of Speculative Philosophy",
    abstract = "A formal method of speculative philosophy emerges when recursion, rather than foundational origin, becomes the structural point of departure. Traditions grounded in givenness—whether epistemological, phenomenological, or metaphysical—presuppose an inaugural moment of thought. In contrast, recursion posits that thought arises only through reentry: it is never first. Drawing on Peirce’s abductive logic, Hegel’s dialectical mediation, and recursive systems theory, this article develops a triadic model of speculative recursion—defined by iteration without origin, displacement without symmetry, and conditional ground-formation. This reorientation reframes speculation not as a movement toward foundational certainty or an acceptance of infinite regress, but as the generative articulation of structure through recursive delay. Systematic thought becomes a non-originary process, producing coherence without invoking absolute ground. Within contemporary post-foundational debates on rationality, autonomy, and construction, recursion appears not as a flaw but as the very condition of philosophical generation. The resulting framework supports an account of recursive identity that is neither presupposed nor constructed, but sustained through patterns of conditional reentry. Structural ontology, in this account, unfolds not from being or presence, but from recursive structure—without origin and without end.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5325/jspecphil.39.4.0461",
    doi = "10.5325/jspecphil.39.4.0461",
    number = "4",
    pages = "461-481",
    volume = "39"
}

11. Vines, Terry, 2026, Final Systhesis.

BibTeX
@misc{vines2026final,
    author = "Vines, Terry",
    title = "Final Systhesis",
    year = "2026",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5834445",
    doi = "10.2139/ssrn.5834445"
}

12. Li, Chi-kwun, None, Speculation and property cycle.

BibTeX
@misc{liNonespeculation,
    author = "Li, Chi-kwun",
    title = "Speculation and property cycle",
    year = "None",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5353/th\_b3125124",
    doi = "10.5353/th\_b3125124"
}