Category Archives: Science and Metaphysics

Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations from Dr. Lawgiverz (3)

  If you were to ask me at gunpoint, like Hollywood producers who are too stupid to read books and say, “give me the punchline,” and were to demand, “Three sentences. What are you really trying to do?” I would

phenomenology of spirit

Dark Chemistry on The Life Death Drives

Here is S.C. Hickman aka Dark Chemistry’s rather generous and no less rigorous reading of my doctoral dissertation The Life Death Drives… “Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there

phenomenology of spirit

Dark Chemistry on The Life Death Drives

Here is S.C. Hickman aka Dark Chemistry’s rather generous and no less rigorous reading of my doctoral dissertation The Life Death Drives… “Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there

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The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism

The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman (editors) Download Pdf eBook  Description Continental philosophy has entered a new period of ferment. The long deconstructionist era was followed with a period dominated by Deleuze,

the speculative turn-frontcover

The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism

The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman (editors) Download Pdf eBook  Description Continental philosophy has entered a new period of ferment. The long deconstructionist era was followed with a period dominated by Deleuze,

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Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature (via Speculative Heresy)

 Today is the start of the Science and Metaphysics blog event organized by Pete Wolfendale, Reid Kotlas and myself. Ben Woodard provides us with the inaugural post, setting the stage for some of the implications of a speculative realism chained

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Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature (via Speculative Heresy)

 Today is the start of the Science and Metaphysics blog event organized by Pete Wolfendale, Reid Kotlas and myself. Ben Woodard provides us with the inaugural post, setting the stage for some of the implications of a speculative realism chained

Ben Woodard – ‘A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature’ (via REAL HORROR)

Special commissioned writing by Ben Woodard A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature The possibility of Lovecraftian philosophy (and a philosophy of nature) is at least a threefold weirdness: 1-Lovecraft’s own philosophical views were

Ben Woodard – ‘A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature’ (via REAL HORROR)

Special commissioned writing by Ben Woodard A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature The possibility of Lovecraftian philosophy (and a philosophy of nature) is at least a threefold weirdness: 1-Lovecraft’s own philosophical views were

Conversation with Meillassoux (via Hyper tiling)

A very interesting conversation between Quentin Meillassoux, Robin McKay and Florian Hecker is available in pdf on the Urbanomic website (where, among other things, an interesting-looking forthcoming book on the philosophy of mathematics is announced). There is a lot of

Conversation with Meillassoux (via Hyper tiling)

A very interesting conversation between Quentin Meillassoux, Robin McKay and Florian Hecker is available in pdf on the Urbanomic website (where, among other things, an interesting-looking forthcoming book on the philosophy of mathematics is announced). There is a lot of

Dr. Lawgiverz

Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations From Dr. Lawgiverz-2

When the phone rang restlessly, whatever this means, Dr. Lawgiverz was sipping his dry red wine and smoking his hand rolled Havana cigar as if everything in the world was absolutely normal and nothing extraordinary was in progress concerning the

Dr. Lawgiverz

Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations From Dr. Lawgiverz-2

When the phone rang restlessly, whatever this means, Dr. Lawgiverz was sipping his dry red wine and smoking his hand rolled Havana cigar as if everything in the world was absolutely normal and nothing extraordinary was in progress concerning the

Agency, Nature and Emergent Properties: An Interview with Jane Bennett (via Para_Doxa)

An Interview with Jane Bennett by Gulshan Khan Jane Bennett is Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. In 1986 she received her doctorate in Political Science from

Agency, Nature and Emergent Properties: An Interview with Jane Bennett (via Para_Doxa)

An Interview with Jane Bennett by Gulshan Khan Jane Bennett is Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. In 1986 she received her doctorate in Political Science from

Time Travel (31 eBooks to Download)

  The Time Machine by H. G. Wells The book’s protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model

Time Travel (31 eBooks to Download)

  The Time Machine by H. G. Wells The book’s protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model

Collapse Vol. III: Unknown Deleuze [+ Speculative Realism] Now available to download for free (via Speculative Heresy)

Word from Urbanomic that Volume III of Collapse has sold out and is now available for free online. It includes the much-cited original Speculative Realism conference. Find it here. via Speculative Heresy Collapse III contains explorations of the work of

Collapse Vol. III: Unknown Deleuze [+ Speculative Realism] Now available to download for free (via Speculative Heresy)

Word from Urbanomic that Volume III of Collapse has sold out and is now available for free online. It includes the much-cited original Speculative Realism conference. Find it here. via Speculative Heresy Collapse III contains explorations of the work of

the real mystery in Meillassoux (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)

As I’m finishing up this book, I think the biggest mystery in Meillassoux (not the point I disagree with most, which is his defense of the strength of the correlationist argument) is why he has any concept of laws at

the real mystery in Meillassoux (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)

As I’m finishing up this book, I think the biggest mystery in Meillassoux (not the point I disagree with most, which is his defense of the strength of the correlationist argument) is why he has any concept of laws at

Fractals and Time, PART III: Unfolding, Timeless Time, and Holography (via Networkologies)

What follows is Part III of a series on Fractals and Time. Part I is here, and Part II is here. Unfolding. Building on the work of Laurent Nottale, Susie Vrobel, and Roger Penrose, theorist Keri Welch has recently proposed

Fractals and Time, PART III: Unfolding, Timeless Time, and Holography (via Networkologies)

What follows is Part III of a series on Fractals and Time. Part I is here, and Part II is here. Unfolding. Building on the work of Laurent Nottale, Susie Vrobel, and Roger Penrose, theorist Keri Welch has recently proposed

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The Sun with a Dark Heart

New theory suggests that dark matter might gather in the center of the sun… By Smaranda Biliuti, News Editor    Dr Stephen West from the Department of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London, launched an interesting theory about what

The-Sun-with-a-Dark-Heart

The Sun with a Dark Heart

New theory suggests that dark matter might gather in the center of the sun… By Smaranda Biliuti, News Editor    Dr Stephen West from the Department of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London, launched an interesting theory about what

Caputo on Speculative Realism + Speculations’ CFP for its second issue (via Speculative Heresy)

As mentioned a while ago, John Caputo has been running a new course on continental philosophy of religion featuring After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion (Amazon: US, UK) as well as a number

Caputo on Speculative Realism + Speculations’ CFP for its second issue (via Speculative Heresy)

As mentioned a while ago, John Caputo has been running a new course on continental philosophy of religion featuring After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion (Amazon: US, UK) as well as a number

Science and Metaphysics Blog Event Kicks Off (via Deontologistics + Speculative Heresy)

The Science and Metaphysics Event has just kicked off over at Speculative Heresy, with Ben Woodard giving us a post on Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature. I’ve just finished my piece, which will go up at some point over the next week

Science and Metaphysics Blog Event Kicks Off (via Deontologistics + Speculative Heresy)

The Science and Metaphysics Event has just kicked off over at Speculative Heresy, with Ben Woodard giving us a post on Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature. I’ve just finished my piece, which will go up at some point over the next week