Category Archives: Speculative Realism

reactive philosophy

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

When all is said and done, on Matthew Stewart’s reading of the Spinoza-Leibniz encounter in The Courtier and the Heretic, Leibniz’s philosophy is a reactive philosophy – a philosophy founded on not being Spinoza’s philosophy rather than being a philosophy that … Continue reading →

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What is it like to be an object?

Posted on July 11, 2010 by

Early in his Treatise Hume proposes a simple challenge to anyone who would deal his system a fatal blow: come up with an idea that cannot be traced to a corresponding impression. Hume then offers a possible example, namely the … Continue reading →

Posted in Deleuze, Hume, Maimon, Speculative Realism | 6 Comments

Third Dogma and SR

Posted on June 26, 2010 by

In a recent online debate, Harman defended SR against the charge that it is nothing new, that you can search far and wide for a 20th century philosopher who didn’t believe that there are objects that exist autonomously of whatever … Continue reading →

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Is Deleuze a Speculative Realist?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

At first it might seem he is. If Bruno Latour is on the right track with respect to speculative realism, as Graham Harman and others would argue, then it might seem that Deleuze is on the right track as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Deleuze, Latour, Meillassoux, Speculative Realism | 4 Comments