December 2010
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R.I.P. Matthew Lipman, leading light of philosophy...
A great American scholar who will be dearly missed.
Dr. Matthew Lipman, creator of the Philosophy for Children movement and Professor Emeritus of Montclair State University, passed away on December 26, 2010 at his residence in the Green Hill Retirement Community in West Orange, New Jersey. Lipman was born August 24, 1923 in Vineland, New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Infantry from 1943‑1946...
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Plutarch's Irony
This must be the BEST call for papers that has come through my inbox this year. It takes ‘ye old moralist’ of history and reveals how ridden his ‘journalism’ (as we might term it today) is with poetic and rhetorical technique.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Irony and Humour as Imperial Greek Literary Strategies: The Playful Plutarch
IOANNOU CENTRE FOR CLASSICAL AND BYZANTINE...
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Top 10 Books I've Read in 2010 →
Order of fabulousness: best to great
Lacan’s Medievalism, Erin Labbie
Badiou, Zizek, and Political Transformations, Adrian Johnston
The City & The City, China Mieville
Seminar III, Jacques Lacan
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Australasian Society of Continental Philosophy...
Dear All, We are pleased to announce the following details for the 2011 ASCP Annual Conference, which will be held at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Dec 12-14. A first call for papers addressing the topic "The Time(s) of Our Lives", and other topics in Continental Philosophy broadly construed, will be circulated in early 2011. We look forward to seeing you there! Australasian Society of...
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“Errata The Goddess of Misunderstandings. This little known goddess was the cause...”
– Gods - Discworld Wiki
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“Women marinate in a patriarchal culture, and we’re taught from a very young age...”
– Jezebel commenter tall-in-heels, 3 Reasons Why “Erotic Capital” Is Bullshit (via rachelhills)
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WatchThe Escapist : Video Galleries : Trailers : Deus Ex: Human Revolution Extended Trailer
Here we go again cyberpunk fans.
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New Issue of Angelaki "Philosophizing in/on...
ANGELAKI. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL HUMANITIES Volume 15 Issue 3 2010 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713405211~db=all We are pleased to announce the publication of a new (special topic) issue of ANGELAKI, which is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g931198119 Topic: “The Unbearable Charm of Fragility. Philosophizing in/on Eastern...
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“@Peterfred… Thanks for bringing some common sense to this conversation. It...”
– Photo Booth: The Best NASA Photographs of 2010 : The New Yorker
I find misreadings of modern scientific method like this to be some of the most galling moments in contemporary civilisation. Facts are not truth, truths may give rise to methods, but methods always describe. The observer never...
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International Journal of Zizek Studies, Vol 4, No... →
Vol 4, No 4 (2010) Special Issue - Žižek’s Theology
My ‘Techne and Mysticism: Courting Psychosis?’ is included in the articles section. Benjamin Noys has an article in the same section dealing with the Real and the Gothic that’s worth a look too.
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Proposal for Gaiman collection: PROPOSED.
Greetings xxxxxx, Thank you for your submission of abstract, bio & cv for our consideration toward the Neil Gaiman collection. Your abstract and material meets all the criteria we are seeking. However, we will not be making a decision till after the 2.15.2011 deadline. We will be in touch if we have any questions prior to this date. Thank you,
Anthony, Jessica and Kristine
Well,...
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Mythological Dimensions of...
Submissions are sought for the forthcoming second volume of the critical essay series: The Mythological Dimensions to be published by Kitsune Books in 2012. This second volume will be on the subject of the Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman with a mind toward the incredible opportunity for multidisciplinary discourse on his work. The works of Neil Gaiman are as diverse as clouds in the...
Saturn and its rings = lunacide? →
While this lofi astro infomercial offers some interesting tidbits, it does so with highly charged language that moralises about Saturn in a discourse which presently has little time to envisage planetary consciousness let alone intentionality. I’m sorry science but one of the things that makes you great is your stubborn insistence to check your moral hoodoo at the door and you’re...
“As many of you know, SUNY-Albany has proposed cutting a number of its language...”
– Jean-Luc Nancy on the SUNY-Albany Cuts « PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR
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“Why do we give gifts at all? We’re all evolved, right? Selfish genes and all...”
– The science of Christmas: Santa Claus, his sleigh, and presents - Telegraph
Hahaha - jerk. To expend so much energy in two paragraphs at the end of a ‘fanciful’ article suggesting that wretched humans are selfish first and keep generousity at an arm’s length proves the faulty...
“Algorithms are made to restrict the amount of information the user sees—that’s...”
– Take the Data Out of Dating - Magazine - The Atlantic
via PenelopeTurnip
“In the age of sharing every tiny scrap of our lives—every emotion felt and...”
– The Viral Me: Devin Friedman Investigates the New World of Social Networking: Big Issues: GQ
Half of it is made up anyway. Never under estimate the power or abundance of fictions: they’re what make ‘facts’ seems like truth (yes, there’s a difference).
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FYI Angelaki: Change of Frequency
Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities will be moving from three to four issues in 2011, volume 16. Each annual volume will now comprise two or three Special (theme) issues and one or two General (non-theme) issues. A list of forthcoming and recent issues is below. Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/0969725x.html Print ISSN:...
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