Archives mensuelles : octobre 2020

CROSS-CAPPING ZIZEK AND STIEGLER

Bernard Stiegler’s practice of philosophy is one of re-thinking (or noesis) as caring and taking care. Its starting point, or terminus post quem, is an assemblage of philosophers’ (Nietzsche, Heidegger, Deleuze, Derrida, Simondon) texts and concepts. This was what Stiegler … Lire la suite

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ABSOLUTE (NON-)KNOWLEDGE, NON-INHUMANISM, AND ALGORITHMIC SUFFICIENCY

Bernard Stiegler speaks of the rise and transformation of the « technosphere », which is increasingly regulated by algorithmic reason, as a domain of « absolute non-knowledge ». He notes with regret that engineers, technicians, and to an increasing extent « scientists » do not know … Lire la suite

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BERNARD STIEGLER, TRAUMATIC CONCEPTS AND THE TABULA CURATA

One thing that is inspiring about Bernard Stiegler’s philosophising is his ability to set up a contemporary conceptual framework and vocabulary which allowed him to reference and to be influenced by the philosophers of his intellectual path without following them … Lire la suite

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TENET AND THE TIME-IMAGE: sources and influences

Apparently I have offended someone who feels that I have used other people’s ideas, i.e. his own, without citing them, although I am a little perplexed as to what passages on my blog he has in mind. My blogging style … Lire la suite

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OOO, ACADEMIC SNOBBISM, AND NEWCOMER SYNDROME: Andrew Cole as rare exception

I have apparently been taken to task for a truncated citation from my blog, so I wish to dispel any confusion. The full sentence in my post reads I am by now quite used to the academic snobbism and lobbying … Lire la suite

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