The essay “Echoes of the Future” has a publishing history that I would like to share here. As things stand currently, it will be published in its final version in the journal Borderless Philosophy, although an early version was published in installments here on APP. Part I can be found HERE, part II HERE, part … [continue reading]
Author Archives: Otto Paans
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #4–Apprehension.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the fourth and final installment. But you can read or download a .pdf … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #3–Transformation.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the third installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #2–Postlude.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the second installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #1–Introduction.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the first installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
Philosophy and Cognition in the Age of Mechanical-Digital Reproduction, #1–Introduction.
I. Introduction: The Disappearance of Authenticity, The Appearance of Estrangement Arguably, the acceleration of modernization during the 19th century posed pressing questions about the nature of authenticity. During the latter half of the 19th century, one discerns a certain tendency towards bewilderment, a sense of disorientation that reflects the swift changes of the world during … [continue reading]
Meditations & Mediations, #5—Recurrence.
Previous Installments #4: Movement. #3: Context. #2: In an Instant. #1: Introduction, and On Sources. Section V: Recurrence To recur is to become present again: the representation of a theme or idea is its re-presentation in consciousness. Similarly, to recur is to occur again. This term signifies the phenomenon whereby an event is repeated. To … [continue reading]
Meditations & Mediations, #4—Movement.
Previous Installments #3: Context. #2: In an Instant. #1: Introduction, and On Sources. Section IV: Movement To think is to move.[i] Sometimes, this means moving around a given work or topic; sometimes it amounts to following a thread of thought in a sequence of steps, however staggering or hesitant they might be. Moving mentally involves … [continue reading]
Meditations & Mediations, #3—Context.
Previous Installments #2: In an Instant. #1: Introduction, and On Sources. Section III: Context If a series of insights creates a context, what is it—and what does it do for philosophy? The notion of context is one of the strangest concepts we have created. It is a waste basket of all those things that are … [continue reading]
Thoughts on Postmodernity 2: The Tensions of the Past and the Fluidity of the Present.
The first essay in this series is “Thoughts on Postmodernity 1: An Impossible Presentation.” Andrew D. Chapman, in a recent APP essay,“Thoughts on the Relationship Between Postmodernism and Fascism,” makes a large number of philosophically illuminating points, spinning as it were a tightly woven spider’s web of arguments and connections. The great advantage of this … [continue reading]