Monthly Archives: April 2011

Deleuze and Analytic Philosophy

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

My good friend and Camus scholar/political theorist colleague Pete Petrakis has always said that despite my work in continental philosophy he long suspected I was a closet analytic philosopher. I have not vigorously denied these claims, which has no doubt … Continue reading →

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siding with history

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

For anyone who has followed the philosophy blogs at all for the past week, they already know about the Synthese controversy. For those who don’t know about it (and some of my Scottish friends may not), it was prompted by … Continue reading →

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conceptual automata

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

With midterms out of the way I’ve been able to begin preparing for some upcoming events. In particular, I’ll be one of the lecturers at this year’s Deleuze Camp, along with Ian Buchanan, Dan Smith, and Ron Bogue (there are … Continue reading →

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Dewey…the most important philosopher of the twentieth century

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

At the Leiter blog there was an interesting thread (here) concerning Philip Kitcher’s recent essay, “Philosophy Inside Out” (here). Given the current state of support for philosophy (or lack thereof) within the academy, it was not surprising that many of … Continue reading →

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Interview/Dialogue with John Protevi

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Over at the New APPS blog Protevi has a nice weekly feature where he interviews a philosopher, asking them about their daily routines, how they got into philosophy, their views on the university today, etc. It is interesting to see … Continue reading →

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