Why were an eclectic group of continental philosophers ignored in 20th-century Anglophone philosophy? Was it for political reasons or something deeper? Watch here: https://youtu.be/cE7-2xJdIcA
Multiculturalism serves the human condition better because subjectivity is not at one with itself. It is better to have this reflected in a culture. The social world that structures the deepest parts of who we are should bear witness to the fact that neither the individual human self nor a culture is a homogeneous whole, but rather incomplete. The sooner we accept this existential given, the better.
Prof Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. He was also a professor at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and a professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School. Prof Harman is one of a handful of contemporary philosophers who are constructing the position called speculative realism, and his specific position centres on Object-Oriented Ontology. Prof Harman has authored numerous books such as 'Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything', 'Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology' and 'Architecture and Objects'. His upcoming book, to be released in Feb 2026, is Waves and Stones: On the Ultimate Nature of Reality.
a/Prof Matthew David Segall is a transdisciplinary researcher, writer, and philosopher applying process-relational thought across the natural and social sciences, as well as in the study of consciousness. He is the Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and the Director of the Process and Science Network at the Centre for Process Studies. a/Prof Segall has authored many books, including 'Crossing the Threshold: Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead' and is the creator of Footnotes2Plato.
Philosophy and logic have dealt with paradoxes and contradictions since time immemorial. Most Western thought still believes these are limits of our language and knowledge, but what if they exist in reality itself? Are we to move from Kant to Hegel? Watch here: https://youtu.be/YXqlWwIRMLE
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Why were an eclectic group of continental philosophers ignored in 20th-century Anglophone philosophy? Was it for political reasons or something deeper? Watch here: https://youtu.be/cE7-2xJdIcA
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If you think humans are mere survival machines, then you haven't met any of them.
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Multiculturalism serves the human condition better because subjectivity is not at one with itself. It is better to have this reflected in a culture. The social world that structures the deepest parts of who we are should bear witness to the fact that neither the individual human self nor a culture is a homogeneous whole, but rather incomplete. The sooner we accept this existential given, the better.
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Guess which book.
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Friend of the podcast @nicolashinrichs (https://youtu.be/Lg_DnleZq18) is calling for papers on social neuroscience. Nico is doing fascinating work on geometric hyperscanning, inter-brain synchrony and active inference inspired by Barad's agential realism.
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My grandma might be in the files, too, at this rate.
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Should objects, relations or processes be given ontological primacy? Watch here: https://youtu.be/RJkK4qlO54Q
Prof Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. He was also a professor at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and a professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School. Prof Harman is one of a handful of contemporary philosophers who are constructing the position called speculative realism, and his specific position centres on Object-Oriented Ontology. Prof Harman has authored numerous books such as 'Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything', 'Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology' and 'Architecture and Objects'. His upcoming book, to be released in Feb 2026, is Waves and Stones: On the Ultimate Nature of Reality.
a/Prof Matthew David Segall is a transdisciplinary researcher, writer, and philosopher applying process-relational thought across the natural and social sciences, as well as in the study of consciousness. He is the Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and the Director of the Process and Science Network at the Centre for Process Studies. a/Prof Segall has authored many books, including 'Crossing the Threshold: Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead' and is the creator of Footnotes2Plato.
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Top-notch lecture!
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Philosophy and logic have dealt with paradoxes and contradictions since time immemorial. Most Western thought still believes these are limits of our language and knowledge, but what if they exist in reality itself? Are we to move from Kant to Hegel? Watch here: https://youtu.be/YXqlWwIRMLE
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