Still from Gesaffelstein’s video clip for their song “Hard Dreams.” Dir. J. Hemingway/Division, J. de Chateleux, 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Three Central Questions 3. Reflection and its Limits: A Historical Sketch 4. The Refractive Element 5. Conclusion: Refraction and Thinking as a Field of Action The essay below has been published in … [continue reading]

Still from Gesaffelstein’s video clip for their song “Hard Dreams.” Dir. J. Hemingway/Division, J. de Chateleux, 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Three Central Questions 3. Reflection and its Limits: A Historical Sketch 4. The Refractive Element 5. Conclusion: Refraction and Thinking as a Field of Action The essay below will be published in … [continue reading]

Still from Gesaffelstein’s video clip for their song “Hard Dreams.” Dir. J. Hemingway/Division, J. de Chateleux, 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Three Central Questions 3. Reflection and its Limits: A Historical Sketch 4. The Refractive Element 5. Conclusion: Refraction and Thinking as a Field of Action The essay below will be published in … [continue reading]

Still from Gesaffelstein’s video clip for their song “Hard Dreams.” Dir. J. Hemingway/Division, J. de Chateleux, 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Three Central Questions 3. Reflection and its Limits: A Historical Sketch 4. The Refractive Element 5. Conclusion: Refraction and Thinking as a Field of Action The essay below will be published in … [continue reading]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Gestures Towards the Subject of Design 3. Gestures as Agents of Change: Four Remarks 4. From Landscape to Handscape 5. Discussion: Mimetic Awareness and Meaning 6. Conclusion The essay that follows has been published in four installments; this installment, the fourth, contains sections 5 and 6, and also the … [continue reading]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Gestures Towards the Subject of Design 3. Gestures as Agents of Change: Four Remarks 4. From Landscape to Handscape 5. Discussion: Mimetic Awareness and Meaning 6. Conclusion The essay that follows will be published in four installments; this installment, the third, contains section 4. But you can also download … [continue reading]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Gestures Towards the Subject of Design 3. Gestures as Agents of Change: Four Remarks 4. From Landscape to Handscape 5. Discussion: Mimetic Awareness and Meaning 6. Conclusion The essay that follows will be published in four installments; this installment, the second, contains sections 2 and 3. But you can … [continue reading]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Gestures Towards the Subject of Design 3. Gestures as Agents of Change: Four Remarks 4. From Landscape to Handscape 5. Discussion: Mimetic Awareness and Meaning 6. Conclusion The essay that follows will be published in four installments; this installment, the first, contains section 1. But you can also download … [continue reading]

“Diogenes,” by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860) This essay is the third installment in a series; here are the two earlier installments: (Paans, 2017). Paans, O. “Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #1.” Against Professional Philosophy. 8 May. Available online at URL = <https://againstprofphil.org/2017/05/08/five-theses-on-real-philosophy-part-1/>. (Paans, 2020). Paans, O. “Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #2.” Against Profssional Philosophy. 15 … [continue reading]

“Marmorslottet/Marble Castle Rock Formation, Norway,” by C. Brown (Wikimedia Commons, 2021) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. PART I 3. PART II The essay below will be published in two installments; this, the second and final installment, contains section 3. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text … [continue reading]