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Kant's transcendental philosophy includes a well-known perspective on subjective time and its mode of existence. Kant argues that time (and space) are...
May 18, 2025 at 22:42
Yes, the mind has the ability to create realities that are so convincing they can distort our actual experience. However, more importantly, the object...
May 17, 2025 at 18:10
From both phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives, it is possible to identify a relatively brief but crucial stages of developmental crises. The tra...
May 16, 2025 at 22:32
It is an interesting article. Likely, the method employed by several renowned philosophical projects involved entertaining a form of radical epoché, a...
May 02, 2025 at 14:29
Could you provide the exact quote from Negative Dialectics? Allow me to refer you to the following quote: "Not every experience that appears as primar...
April 26, 2025 at 15:34
Likely, there was a double misunderstanding: first, I misunderstood your interpretation of the example of the market situation as an illustration of A...
April 25, 2025 at 23:07
Thank you for your effort and commitment to advancing Adorno’s philosophical project. While my familiarity with his works is still limited, I greatly ...
April 24, 2025 at 17:26
Recently, four Republican senators pushed back against Trump by helping pass a resolution to block his tariffs on Canadian products. Perhaps Republica...
April 05, 2025 at 23:25
Sokolowski does not obscure the difficulty of Husserlian transitioning from the flow of immediate experience to the domain of universal thought. The f...
February 26, 2025 at 17:53
In the context of this thread, intentional conscious acts (cognitives) could be considered as relata. What is important is that each of these relata c...
February 26, 2025 at 17:52
Are there substances which are not moving, or more exactly, vibrating? Nathan Widder provides an account of Hegel's dialectical solution to the proble...
February 25, 2025 at 17:41
Thomas Nail defines a flow as a fundamental concept of ‘a new historical ontology of the present’: “Flows are an active and creative process that one ...
February 24, 2025 at 23:34
Time cannot be solely attributed to the primordial activity of mental faculties or the outcomes of the learning process. Such a position would inevita...
February 10, 2025 at 15:15
There is a paradoxical co-existence of time. On one hand, only the present moment truly exists. However, the nature of the present moment differs from...
February 08, 2025 at 23:57
Formally, you are correct, as the incumbent should have defended the status quo. However, let’s reconsider Reno’s lecture. Doesn’t his thesis—'we are ...
February 07, 2025 at 23:13
Space and objects co-exist momentarily; they are co-present. However, for us, the present time is shaped by the current virtual time horizons of the p...
February 06, 2025 at 15:31
I’m referring to a situation where a system of values becomes the foundation for large-scale political struggle. There is a threshold that separates a...
February 01, 2025 at 20:07
I would like to elaborate on the point that I believe Nietzsche’s style of value critique can help us understand the affinity between 'conservatism' a...
February 01, 2025 at 17:33
Thank you for sharing such an interesting lecture. At the 49-minute mark, Reno presents his thesis that 'we are on the cusp of a new era marked by a c...
January 31, 2025 at 22:55
Nietzsche is a philosopher of power who managed to conceive of power without relying on political theory. Foucault, rather than Deleuze, has become hi...
January 29, 2025 at 16:32
Many believe they know what will and what power are, and accordingly interpret the title 'Will to Power.' One needs to stop linking the concepts of 'w...
January 29, 2025 at 00:20
Can it be also applied to the experience of a movie viewer? Does this experience amount to a flow of images and perceptions, harmoniously coordinated ...
January 15, 2025 at 17:12
I support and share your emphasis on the synchronic dimension of an assemblage. I would even like to broaden this perspective by considering your exam...
January 08, 2025 at 22:53
It is a good quote. But one might get the impression that the molar level lacks autonomy and primarily reflects the derivative effects generated by th...
January 08, 2025 at 17:24
It looks like you place strong emphasis on the synchronic aspect of the assemblage, where all its workings and functioning are fully realized in the p...
January 07, 2025 at 18:53
I agree that various types of causality can be relevantly applied within different assemblages. Moreover, some causal relations can even be universall...
January 07, 2025 at 14:58
What should matter is how a particular theory functions, rather than the historical associations that can be made with it. Indeed, at a ‘molecular’ le...
January 05, 2025 at 23:05
So there's enough normative character to do things with, but the nature of what can be done using those norms is not totally determined by their curre...
January 05, 2025 at 19:36
I understand causality in assemblages differently. Thus, your description could be seen as a successive derivation, like the synaptic transmission of ...
January 05, 2025 at 19:14
One likely needs an assemblage when confronted with situations that defy sense. When something impossible, improbable, or unbearable occurs, one can n...
January 04, 2025 at 18:37
Foucault's philosophy of language provides a compelling example of this idea. Let me begin with @"frank" quote: The assumed, precise meaning of each w...
January 02, 2025 at 21:15
Yes, it is interesting. Deleuze developed the concept of an open whole. It refers to a dynamic and ever-evolving whole, where the parts are interconne...
January 02, 2025 at 00:42
The pre-given whole exists prior to the emergence of its parts. The consistency and stability of its unity prevent the development or recombination of...
January 01, 2025 at 23:17
The assemblage theory helps to emphasize a social entity's contingent and constructivist nature. It allows us to conceive of it not as a unified whole...
January 01, 2025 at 22:06
It is a relevant brief account of recent U.S. history. I would just add that what you refer to as ‘oligarchy’ is likely an extremely complex agglomera...
December 31, 2024 at 15:39
You make a good point. The media will undoubtedly portray Trump’s administration as a chaotic mess of incoherent policies. Nevertheless, I believe tha...
December 31, 2024 at 15:36
Do you think that 'the whole 'MAGA' thing is a mess,'? If you think so, does your second quote explain why Trump won the popular vote and became the s...
December 30, 2024 at 19:44
@"Leontiskos"@"Count Timothy von Icarus" The concept of the ‘empty signifier’ carries a clear paradoxical implication. It stems from Laclau’s ontologi...
December 29, 2024 at 21:17
Could you provide an example from recent Western history where mainstream political parties responded to the wishes of the population? Could the most ...
December 29, 2024 at 17:32
Laclau’s project is an attempt to rethink contemporary spontaneous political movements and collective action. It is likely impossible to directly link...
December 29, 2024 at 17:01
Deleuze changes his strong emphasis on Eternal Return and the privilege of the virtual. “Nietzsche’s aphorisms shatter the linear unity of knowledge, ...
December 15, 2024 at 23:53
Nathan Widder offers an interesting account of overcoming the gap between physical things and consciousness. He considers Deleuze’s interpretation of ...
December 14, 2024 at 18:39
Here is a correct point of an extremely high level of polarization in the contemporary political community. Opposed parties always try to transform th...
November 13, 2024 at 19:28
The relation between the signifier and signified has become an object of a rigorous research and critique in some postmodernist theories of language. ...
October 29, 2024 at 18:13
Derrida wants to say here that the old ontological metaphysics, built around the notion of ‘presence’, is over. It means that the present that eludes ...
June 15, 2024 at 23:23
Overall, I share your position, and you developed a high-quality argument. I want to add a few remarks. You could strengthen your argument by emphasiz...
May 23, 2024 at 16:46
Sartre asserts that our everyday decisions sustain a two-level ontology. On the lower level, there is a domain of personal matters and choices, so tha...
May 22, 2024 at 17:28
Thank you for interesting questions. Often, one could resort to exposing her intentions during an interview or responding to a personal or professiona...
May 08, 2024 at 16:48
No, it is not about having an obvious intention. ‘Clear cognitive commitment’ means that the speaker and her hearer, involved in the speech act, can o...
May 06, 2024 at 17:30
I appreciate your patience and trying to understand my posts. Again, I would like to clarify the relation between the two given stances and Habermas's...
May 05, 2024 at 14:12