Archives mensuelles : octobre 2018

1) It is laughable that so many people blindly repeat Laruelle’s claim that Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy is a « philosophy of difference ». It is much more accurately characterised as a « philosophy of multiplicity », that mutates in WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? into a … Lire la suite →

1) Laruelle’s attempted escape from philosophical « sufficiency » (a form of totalising monism) leads him initially to the relativism of a plurality of thought worlds. But this plurality is still not pluralism, but merely a refined (and obscurantised) relativism. 2) Laruelle … Lire la suite →

Voici ma contribution aux journées autour de « L’Immanence des vérités » d’Alain Badiou 1° et 2 octobre 2018, Théâtre La Commune (Aubervilliers):

Post-truth blues. One of the biggest dangers to thought today is the « post-truth » image of thought that one may call democratic relativism (note: other, less objectionable, forms of post-truth are possible). The contemporary philosophical context is driven by the search … Lire la suite →

Laruelle’s ANTI-BADIOU (2011) is a late-comer to the critical analysis of Badiou’s BEING AND EVENT (1988). These other analyses have not yet been translated, nor does Laruelle refer to them in French. Note: this is from the Cahier du collège … Lire la suite →

1) Recent attempts at validating François Laruelle’s ideas in terms of the idealist criterion of « performativity » actively hinder their immanent evaluation and reduce his system to a form of democratic relativism where « all thoughts are equal ». 2) There can be … Lire la suite →

1) Globalising about philosophy without engaging with specific texts and arguments is bad method and useless thought. 2) To paraphrase Kant, globalising without engaging the texts is empty, engaging the texts without globalising is blind. 3) My criterion for discussing … Lire la suite →

On the question of situating contemporary Continental philosophies it is essential to avoid visions that are too globalising, and that neglect important differences. For example, both Laruelle and Zizek attempt to elaborate quantum images, but there are good reasons to … Lire la suite →

Some people disagree with my ideas on Laruelle as summarised in my « theses » (see previous post). It might be useful to consider the readings and arguments that lie behind them on my blog (https://terenceblake.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/laruelles-non-philosophy-principles-of-a-metaphysical-research-programme/) and on my academia page (https://independent.academia.edu/TerenceBlake/LARUELLE-AND-NON-PHILOSOPHY). … Lire la suite →