December 2011
18 posts
Dec 30th
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“In sum, the only evidence [Adorno and Horkheimer find] that something better is...”
– Feenberg on A & H’s 1956 dialogue on the theme of a ‘new manifesto’ and locating potentiality in the critical capabilities of artists and theoreticians. 
Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
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ListenIn the absence of a transecendental saving power,...
Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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“The supersession of private property is therefore the complete emancipation of...”
– Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, p. 35 (via marxandsparks)
Dec 24th
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Dec 20th
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Dreyfus on Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and... →
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Richard Feynman: Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
Jonathan Schaffer: It is likely that ornithological knowledge would be of great benefit to birds, were it possible for them to possess it.
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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I'm coining the term "Blatchet job".
lukesimcoe: I know Sunday is the worst day to try and popularize anything on the internet because people are outside and stuff, but I really think we need to put this term on the map. It’s slang for any op-ed or faux-news story designed solely to foment temporary outrage and generate web hits. Spread it around… EDIT: In order to help this idea spread through the internets, I’m attaching a...
Dec 11th
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ICTs and Society Conference
4th ICTs and Society-Conference 2012 (Uppsala, May 2nd-4th, 2012): Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media.   http://www.icts-and-society.net/events/uppsala2012/ Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. The Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference. ...
Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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“It’s Twilight but sex positive.”
– marxandsparks on Chapter 1, Section 4 of Capital (via sonofapritch) Second time today this has given me the strength to go on (via sonofapritch)
Dec 6th
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“Surely, no government can be expected to foster its own subversion, but in a...”
– Herbert Marcuse, Repressive Tolerance (via hollowskin)
Dec 5th
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dead flag blues: The Marcuse/Heidegger... →
interruptions: The relationship between Heidegger’s thought and Nazism isn’t one I feel comfortable addressing myself, given the very preliminary stage of my study of Heidegger. But this was posted a little while ago by Brad DeLong, and I thought it might be of interest. I’d read…
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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