TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Definitions III. Why Rethink Affinity? IV. Nishida and the Unity of Experience V. Affinity, Sensibility and Expression VI. Conclusion This is the fourth of five installments, and contains section IV. IV. Nishida and the Unity of Experience If there is a recurring theme that runs as a single thread … [continue reading]
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Between Affinity and Expression: Kant, Nishida, and the Sensible Foundations of Expressivity, #3: Why Rethink Affinity?
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Definitions III. Why Rethink Affinity? IV. Nishida and the Unity of Experience V. Affinity, Sensibility and Expression VI. Conclusion This is the third of five installments, and contains section III. III. Why Rethink Affinity? If we take Kant’s notion of affinity at face value, then we must conclude that … [continue reading]
Between Affinity and Expression: Kant, Nishida, and the Sensible Foundations of Expressivity, #2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Definitions III. Why Rethink Affinity? IV. Nishida and the Unity of Experience V. Affinity, Sensibility and Expression VI. Conclusion This is the second of five installments, and contains section II. II. Definitions Sensibility Sensibility (Sinnlichkeit) is “[t]he capacity (receptivity) to acquire representations through the way in which we are … [continue reading]
Between Affinity and Expression: Kant, Nishida, and the Sensible Foundations of Expressivity, #1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Definitions III. Why Rethink Affinity? IV. Nishida and the Unity of Experience V. Affinity, Sensibility and Expression VI. Conclusion This is the first of five installments, and contains section I. I. Introduction While the philosophy of Immanuel Kant deals nowhere explicitly with the concept of creativity, nevertheless he emphasizes … [continue reading]
How To Do Real Metaphysics, Revisited: Theses 22-26.
Thus profound metaphysics is rooted in an implicit geometry which —whether we will or not—confers spatiality upon thought; if a metaphysician could not draw, what would he think? —Gaston Bachelard, Dialectics of Inside and Outside [I]f pure experience means to know things just as they are, then simplicity or passivity are not characteristics of it––the … [continue reading]
How To Do Real Metaphysics, Revisited: Theses 15-21.
Thus profound metaphysics is rooted in an implicit geometry which —whether we will or not—confers spatiality upon thought; if a metaphysician could not draw, what would he think? —Gaston Bachelard, Dialectics of Inside and Outside [I]f pure experience means to know things just as they are, then simplicity or passivity are not characteristics of it––the … [continue reading]
How To Do Real Metaphysics, Revisited: Theses 8-14.
Thus profound metaphysics is rooted in an implicit geometry which —whether we will or not—confers spatiality upon thought; if a metaphysician could not draw, what would he think? —Gaston Bachelard, Dialectics of Inside and Outside [I]f pure experience means to know things just as they are, then simplicity or passivity are not characteristics of it––the … [continue reading]
How To Do Real Metaphysics, Revisited: Theses 1-7.
Thus profound metaphysics is rooted in an implicit geometry which —whether we will or not—confers spatiality upon thought; if a metaphysician could not draw, what would he think? —Gaston Bachelard, Dialectics of Inside and Outside [I]f pure experience means to know things just as they are, then simplicity or passivity are not characteristics of it––the … [continue reading]
Against The State: A Polemic During A Pandemic.
Against The State: A Polemic During A Pandemic If there is one thing that the past four years have taught us, it is that Western democracy is imploding at a rate that its defenders could not foresee, and that they will turn out to be powerless to stop. Why? The answer is simple: we have … [continue reading]
Entitlement, Fear, and Change: The Nihilist Roots of Coercive Moralism, #2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Nihilism and Postmodernity III. If God is Dead, Then I am Entitled to Everything IV. Activist Motives: Guilt and Immortality V. Conclusion This final installment contains sections IV and V. Entitlement, Fear, and Change: The Nihilist Roots of Coercive Moralism, #2 IV. Activist Motives: Guilt and Immortality One thing … [continue reading]