shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 07 2008 | the, philosophy, news
this article kind of functions as an indicator species (you know, like those frogs who mutate and tell us the air is polluted) of how the public perception of philosophy is portrayed today.
it makes some very irritating associations. but i suppose if the overall message is 'philosophy is worth your time, and people are figuring that out again', then their absurd claims about Ancient philosophy being 'armchair' shit is forgettable (note: i didn't say forgivable).oh yeah, let's not forget the memorable quote it ends with:
Jenna Schaal-O’Connor, a 20-year-old sophomore who is majoring in cognitive science and linguistics, said philosophy had other perks. She said she found many male philosophy majors interesting and sensitive.
“That whole deep existential torment,” she said. “It’s good for getting girlfriends.”
Quoted: Philosophy is being embraced by a new generation of college students as they try to make sense of a world full of moral dilemmas, such as the Iraq war or the latest political scandal.
- shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 03 2008 | the, of, philosophy
translation of the piece by Laruelle on Simondon in the collection published by Albin (French)
translated by Taylor Adkins.ShareViewed: 18 Times - shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 03 2008 | the, of, philosophy
a new blog from my friends Taylor in the South and Nick up in Canada
translations of Laruelle, articles on Speculative Realism, etc.
ShareViewed: 9 Times - shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 14 2008 | the, of, philosophy
Levi Bryant discusses Meillasoux...
ShareViewed: 21 Times - shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - May 26 2008 | the, world, philosophy
[re-dot because i added stuff.]
here's a TON of other really cool looking articles on here too.
EDIT:
one of the many interesting things that can be gleaned from reading this piece, is one gets to see how Latour reads Deleuze in many respects. and when he wants to explain the virtual as a strictly 'retrospective' operation in thought, guess whom and what he cites as an authority? none other than one of the books i'm translating, mainly Zourabichvili's "Vocabulaire de Gilles Deleuze", entry on the Virtual.
i find this very interesting that Latour essentially accepts Zourabichvili's reading of Deleuze, if in fact I am warranted in drawing such a conclusion. (see the footnotes to this article)Quoted: What is Given in Experience? A Review of Isabelle Stengers Penser avec Whitehead : Une libre et sauvage création de concepts. Paris, Gallimard, (2002) ...
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it seems a bit summary in nature, but this book might be interesting as an extention of the new "Speculative Realism" project being put forward by Brassier, Meillasoux, and Harman, etc....
anyone looked at it?
Quoted: Northwestern University Press. From its inception Northwestern University Press has striven to be at the forefront in publishing not only scholarly works in different disciplines, but also quality works of fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism.
ShareViewed: 4 Times - shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - May 13 2008 | the, philosophy
i may be sick to death of Antigone, but i'm going to this paper, because Keltner's great.
Quoted:
10.30am-11.45am
Chair: Fanny Soderback, Philosophy, New School for Social Research
Speaker: Stacy Keltner, Philosophy, Kennesaw State University
"Sacred Oedipus, Anti-Oedipus, or Antigone? Unravelling Kristeva's Figures of the Modern Nomadic Subject" - shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 06 2008 | the, philosophy, web
anyone read this?
just bought a copy off amazon. i've read some montag on Althusser, and he's usually pretty on the spot.
Quoted: Amazon.com: Bodies, Masses, Power: Spinoza and His Contemporaries: Warren Montag: Books
ShareViewed: 4 Times - shadowpuppetmaster | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 15 2008 | the, philosophy, religion
it's only one chapter of Logic and Existence.,....but it's a good one.
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vols 8-13 are now in downloadable pdfs.
so many good essays in here.check it out.
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- Trefoilknot - Apr 08 2008
You must be Latarian Huck-a-hatchet Jackson's friend before you can comment on this Fave.The line that really hurts, IMHO:
“ As the approach has changed, philosophy has attracted students with little interest in contemplating the classical texts, or what is known as armchair philosophy. ”
Never have scare quotes been so missed...
seriously.
this was circulated in my dept. Like this is some kind of positive sign that philosophers are coming back into style and are useful again.
“She wanted me to be a pharmacy major, but I persuaded her with my argumentative skills.”
great. Sophistry is back in style.
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