Monthly Archives: April 2016

Many readers of Deleuze project a false unity over his philosophical evolution, behaving as if he never changed his views. A particularly persistent perspective reads the whole work in terms of DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION and LOGIC OF SENSE, ignoring the … Continue reading →

There is a very interesting discussion on THE DAILY NOUS around the post Are History’s “Greatest Philosophers” All That Great? My concern is less with the answer than with the way of conceiving the question. My own reply is not … Continue reading →

The question is ever more frequently asked “Can philosophy exist outside the academy?” It is asked sometimes sincerely, sometimes disingenuously. Yet these “non-academic”, or perhaps it is better to say “non-institutionally based”, philosophers already exist and are able to flourish … Continue reading →

I got very excited when I read some extracts of this book and watched the promotional videos on youtube, so I ordered it on Amazon. As I was very eager to begin, I did not want to wait, so I … Continue reading →

Andrew Cole’s very interesting critique of Graham Harman’s OOO can be found here. Harman gave a very unsatisfactory reply, pretending that his reply to Alexander Galloway had covered the more substantial points. His reply begins by mocking a quip by … Continue reading →

This is a very interesting blog post by Elliott Mickleburgh on “Speculative Engineering: The architecture, philosophy and Internet art of a hybridized reality”. The article analyses and celebrates the interfacing and integration of matter and data, of actual and virtual, … Continue reading →

I attended Deleuze’s seminar from November 1981 to June 1986, i.e. his classes on the cinema and on Foucault.  When I went to the first class I was surprised by how few people there were. I had previously attended his … Continue reading →