On Category: Socrates, Plato and Ryle vs. Gongsun Long and Darwin

What do we mean when we talk about categories? A category is a group of things that have common features; Continue reading →

Virtuality as Coexistence in Bergson and Deleuze

Philosophy is the theory of multiplicities. Every multiplicity implies actual elements and virtual elements. There is no purely actual object. Continue reading →

Merleau-Ponty on the Relationship Between Self and World

As much as the world can feel separate from our discrete selves, upon closer examination, we will see that our Continue reading →

Meta-Relativism 2: Asia’s Ancient Thinkers

In part 1, I dealt with relativism, agnosticism, and what I call meta-relativism, concerning thinkers mainly in ancient Greece and Continue reading →

Meta-Relativism 1: When East Meets West

Talking of relativism, one of the most famous ― or infamous ― philosophers we may immediately think of is Protagoras, Continue reading →

Becoming-insect through Clarice Lispector’s “The passion according to G.H.”

If I confirm my self and consider myself truthful, I’ll be lost because I won’t know where to inlay my Continue reading →

A Future on Fire: Climate Change and Hauntology

The spectre of climate crisis stalks our present, finding ways to mash and mangle our now into one that is Continue reading →

Mad(e) Men: Historicism and History as Told Through Period Drama and TV

In the medium of the movies (what used to be short for moving pictures) there is something called an establishing Continue reading →