This was just written as notes to myself but I thought it might be worth sharing. Let me know!
BADIOU’S OWN VOID IN HIS CRITIQUE OF SPINOZA
“In other words: the infinity of God, which is what singularizes him as substance and entails that he is the name for the ‘there is’, is only thinkable under the aegis of the multiple.”
Badiou proposes a reading...
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I'm just toying with some ideas here.
YOU CAN’T PUT DESCARTES BEFORE DA’ HORSE: (Re)Connecting with Human Animality through Evolution, Poetry, and Batialle
Poetry describes nothing that does not slip toward the unknowable…The animal opens before me a depth that attracts me and is familiar to me. In a sense, I know this depth: it is my own depth. It is also that which is...
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It's been awhile, teaching has been kicking my ass. But here's a quick essay I wrote over the weekend. It's nothing fancy but I hope it's interesting.
"Consequently, is not the “theological” dimension without which, Benjamin, revolution cannot win, the very dimension of the excess of drive, of its “ too muchness”? In other words, is not our task—the properly Christological one—to change the modality...
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WHO IN HEAVEN’S NAME ARE WE?: A Certain Approach to Goldin’s “A Mind-Body Problem” in the Zhuangzi
“‘Without that there is no I, without I there is nothing to be taken’” (Perkins)
“‘Without an Other is no Self, without Self no choosing one thing rather than another’” (Graham 51).
I chose to open my presentation on the ‘mind-body problem’ with this quotation for a perhaps...
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Unfortunately some of the symbols did not translate into this post but for the most part everything is here. Down with totalization!!!!
HEGEL, GÖDEL, AND BECOMING: A Hegelian Interpretation of a Mathematical Dialectic
This paper will, on the whole, investigate Hegel’s notion of the true and spurious infinity, specifically with its relation to Totalization. In short, it will explore Hegel’s critique of the mathematical infinite....
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Here is an article that was published a few years back but I thought I'd share it with you all. Let me know what you think. Questions, comments, or concerns are always welcomed.
ABSTRACT
Beginning the Phaedrus, Socrates greets Phaedrus saying, “Dear Phaedrus, whither and whence?” This essay will unfold the salutation, exposing its power to disclose the erotic phenomena portrayed in the dialogue. Moreover,...
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So the conference went pretty well. There were a lot of great papers to listen to through the conference. I learned a lot. My panel went as well as it could. I get so nervous speaking in front of people who are smarter than I am and being judged by them. But my paper went fairly well. I was asked some pretty good questions and...
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I was hoping to get some feedback from you all. Does this make sense? Any suggestions and comments would be very welcome
TRANSGRESSING GOD: A Phenomenological Interpretation of God in Pseudo-Dionysius
Ein begriffener Gott ist kein Gott Tersteegen
I. A phenomenology of entities: In Mystical Theology, Pseudo-Dionysius couples a sense of spatial awareness and movement in his phenomenological interpretation of God when he exhorts his...
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I was looking through papers I wrote during grad school and came across this one; one of my first. I thought I'd share it here. Let me know what you think.
HE LOVES ME...HE LOVES ME NOT: The two sides of Spinoza’s friendship
Friendship, the most noble of human pursuits. It brings out the best in individuals; it compels us to actions that perhaps if...
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So, this week marked the first week of the new quarter. I'm teaching two courses I'm pretty excited about: one on the philosophy of eros and another on the philosophy of God. The latter group of students seems particularly interested in the material. We'll see if the enthusiasm last throughout the 10 weeks.
I'm teaching in the mornings four days a week. It ends up...
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Since I'll be away for a few days, I thought I'd share another piece of writing I did and few years back. This was presented on a panel at a conference. Let me know what you think. Any comments are always welcomed. I hope you enjoy.
Conversely, let us note in passing that, as I established in Conditions, the amorous procedure, which deploys the truth...
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LOVE AND LET BE: AGAMBEN ON THE FACTICITY OF LOVE
The project of the world outstrips the possible; the Why arises in this outstripping.
The free use of the proper is the most difficult task.
It is only in the recognition of itself as an object of desire or of love, that Dasein becomes a free ethical being; at least this is what Agamben asks...
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