In my existentialism class, we kept coming up against this idea: is it possible to ever get outside of das Man ? … so eventually Mr. G G Allin was mentioned, as someone who perhaps chooses for himself the norms and values he lives by, a modern day Diogenes. Here is a [...]

Hubert Dreyfus on Husserl and Heidegger

Manuel de Landa speaking about the importance of Gilles Deleuze in the 21st century and the fundamentals of materialism in a seminar entitled Gilles Deleuze and Science at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Questioning the role of structuralism and the post-modern position in philosophy, de Landa argues for a view of a materialist [...]

Hello, everybody!
This post is primarily for members of the Phil 458/510 Fall 2008 course to continue their discussion outside of the classroom (and possibly share information that might be helpful for our upcoming papers?), but others are welcome to contribute their insight or expertise.
I created this post because I was having some difficulty keeping up [...]