How do you think we form the self? Is it a process of affirmation, or negation? In other words, do we declare through inclusion and desire, stating ‘I AM’, or do we declare through exclusion and limitation, stating ‘I AM NOT’? Strictly speaking, we include and exclude simultaneously, but I personally believe we form through […]
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More specifically, the title should read ‘Why Anarcho-Capitalism can’t function for very long’. There are two types of An-Caps, there are those who want no state at all in favour of personal pusuit of profit, unfettered by law and regulation, then there are those who call themselves Minarchists – a ‘slim state’. There’s also the […]
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As they are not being actively read in a group in the Reading Zone section, I am uploading them here so that everything can be located on the forum.
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Here is a copy on Derrida from the Routledge Critical Thinkers Series, I haven’t read it myself, but it’s supposed to be an excellent introduction for those new to Derrida. Who wants to read it with me? I have opened up a new sub-forum here for reading groups. I am the moderator for now. Please […]
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You may have to switch to a browser to view this video if you are using Tapatalk. [vid=MP4]https://ontic-philosophy.com/videos/how-i-picture-derrida-foucault.mp4[/vid] It may be best to pause the video to read what is on the screen. So, after reading this: https://ontic-philosophy.com/attachment.php?aid=53 I would like to say that I percieve Differance as Kether in Kabballah. Namely: Derrida’s notion of […]
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In Spinoza’s naturalistic and monistic metaphysics, matter and mind are two attributes of the one substance, and everything can be understood as corporeal, as well as mental1. Looking at nature in its corporeal attribute, ultimately everything is made up of simple bodies which “are distinguished from one another by reason of motion and rest, speed […]
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This is a PDF from the writer of my ‘What is Capitalism and how can we destroy it?’ series. What is anarchy? An idea that helps guide this desire. Anarchy means: no rulers. No domination. No one is a master and no one is a slave. But we live in a world of domination. The […]
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I just checked out this interactive image: http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/politics/trump-inauguration-gigapixel/ I also just watched this video by my friend and co-producer, Doazic: We are all familar with this image: It’s not a substantive topic, which is the important point in Doazic’s video, among other trivial things.
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What is meaning? What does meaning ‘mean’? Vote using the poll, you are allowed multiple choices. If there is anything I haven’t mentioned in the poll for you to vote for, please discuss it below.
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I just set the limit to 96mb for each file that is uploaded via the multi-uploader and it works great! Check out these fantastic works by Michel Foucault