Tag: consciousness
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Catherine Malabou’s The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic
Catherine Malabou’s L’Avenir de Hegel, presented here in Lisabeth During’s English version under the title The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic, asks one question with an unwavering steadiness: whether the philosophy of Hegel has a future, both in the sense of a posterity and in the sense of a futurity inscribed within its…
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Kant and the Problem of Nothingness: A Latin American Study and Critique
Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla’s Kant and the Problem of Nothingness, recently translated into English by Addison Ellis, marks a pivotal recovery of a neglected yet profoundly original philosophical voice from Latin America. Originally published in 1965, Mayz Vallenilla’s text undertakes a systematic investigation of the concept of nothing (nada) within the architecture of Kant’s Critique of…
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Žižek’s Quantum History: A New Materialist Philosophy
Žižek’s Quantum History: A New Materialist Philosophy stakes its claim on a double front: the book’s central question concerns what becomes of materialism once quantum theory is taken as a determinate constraint on ontology rather than as a merely technical calculus, and how this ontological constraint rebounds onto the intelligibility of history, agency, and political…
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Herder’s Essay on Being: A Translation and Critical Approaches
Herder’s Essay on Being: A Translation and Critical Approaches, edited by John K. Noyes, is a landmark publication that makes accessible for the first time in English Johann Gottfried Herder’s Versuch über das Sein (Essay on Being), a youthful but philosophically decisive text from 1763–64. Long overshadowed by the commanding figure of Kant, Herder has…
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Welt und Zeit—From Zizians to Zizekians, 22:39—5. March 2025
Intro Ontology Illusion Metaphilosophy Disaster Destiny Censorship Failure of Internationalism Fragmentation of Ontology Of the Abyss & the Void Disgusting Sexuality End of a War Micropolitics of Borders Metaphysical Implied Corporeal Hypothesis Tutankamon, The Son-King Acumen & Evil Emerging Fields With Us, Capitalism is Genocide From Zizians to Zizekians From the earliest rumblings of philosophical…
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Welt und Zeit—Illusion, 17:36—11. Februar 2025
Intro Ontology Illusion Metaphilosophy Disaster Destiny Censorship Failure of Internationalism Fragmentation of Ontology Of the Abyss & the Void Disgusting Sexuality End of a War Micropolitics of Borders Metaphysical Implied Corporeal Hypothesis Tutankamon, The Son-King Acumen & Evil Emerging Fields With Us, Capitalism is Genocide From Zizians to Zizekians Illusion occupies a paradoxical position at…
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein: Seventeen Lectures and Dialogues on the Philosophical Investigations
In this remarkable introduction to Wittgenstein’s later philosophy, Peter Hacker takes the reader on a journey through the vast landscapes of language, thought, mind, and human understanding, all the while illuminating the conceptual subtleties of one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers. The book stands out by presenting Wittgenstein’s ideas in a congenial manner,…
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The Supersensible Realm: Law, Flux, and the Unity of Understanding
Beyond appearance lies the supersensible—a realm where constancy and flux converge in the universal truth of understanding.. Table of Contents In the Wake of Thought The Path of Spirit The This and the Universal Perception and Deception The Supersensible Realm Abstract: In The Supersensible Realm: Law, Flux, and the Unity of Understanding, the exploration of…
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Perception and Deception: The Cycle of Truth and Illusion
How Consciousness Navigates the Tension Between Essential Essence and Inessential Abstraction. Table of Contents In the Wake of Thought The Path of Spirit The This and the Universal Perception and Deception The Supersensible Realm Abstract: In Perception and Deception, the dynamics of perception and its contradictions are explored through a dialectical lens. Consciousness initially perceives…
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The This and the Universal: Revisiting Sensory Certainty and Meaning
Through the interplay of the immediate and the universal, sensory certainty reveals itself as a dynamic process of becoming, where meaning is not fixed but continuously transformed. Table of Contents In the Wake of Thought The Path of Spirit The This and the Universal Perception and Deception The Supersensible Realm Abstract: This work delves into…
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The Path of Spirit: From Appearance to Absolute Knowing
Consciousness transcends its limitations, revealing the unity of essence and appearance in the journey toward absolute knowledge. Table of Contents In the Wake of Thought The Path of Spirit The This and the Universal Perception and Deception The Supersensible Realm Abstract: This introduction explores the journey of consciousness as it moves toward its true existence…
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Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
Table of Contents SYSTEM OF SCIENCE. FIRST PART,THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT CONTENTS Preface Sensory Certainty; or “This” and “Meaning” Perception; or the Thing and Deception Force and Understanding, Appearance and the Supersensible World A. Independence and Dependence of Self-Consciousness: Mastery and Servitude B. Freedom of Self-Consciousness: Stoicism, Skepticism, and the Unhappy Consciousness a. Observation of…
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The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty
The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty by William Byers is an exposition of the inherent limitations within the scientific endeavor and the epistemological crises that arise from them. Byers goes into the paradoxes and uncertainties that have emerged in modern science and mathematics, challenging the long-held belief that science offers an objective,…
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The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience is an exploration of the intrinsic relationship between human experience and the scientific endeavor. Authored by astrophysicist Adam Frank, theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser, and philosopher Evan Thompson, this work presents a compelling argument for the integration of the human perspective within science, asserting that human experience…
