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Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, And The Political Nature Of Thought, Vernon W. Cisney
Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, And The Political Nature Of Thought, Vernon W. Cisney
Philosophy Faculty Publications
In this paper I employ the notion of the ‘thought of the outside’ as developed by Michel Foucault, in order to defend the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze against the criticisms of ‘elitism,’ ‘aristocratism,’ and ‘political indifference’—famously leveled by Alain Badiou and Peter Hallward. First, I argue that their charges of a theophanic conception of Being, which ground the broader political claims, derive from a misunderstanding of Deleuze’s notion of univocity, as well as a failure to recognize the significance of the concept of multiplicity in Deleuze’s thinking. From here, I go on to discuss Deleuze’s articulation of the ‘dogmatic image …
Review Of Johanna Oksala's Foucault On Freedom, Ladelle Mcwhorter
Review Of Johanna Oksala's Foucault On Freedom, Ladelle Mcwhorter
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Johanna Oksala has produced a provocative reading of Michel Foucault's work on the issues of freedom and resistance to normalizing oppression. Although many commentators have contended that Foucault's historicization of subjectivity leads to metaphysical determinism and eliminates the very possibility of freedom in human life, Oksala argues that his radical rethinking of both bodies and freedom largely escapes the simplistic criticisms routinely put forward since the early 1980s. She does subject Foucault's work to criticisms of her own, however. While the title of her book leads the reader to expect a tight focus on the question of freedom, much of …
Cartesian Certainty And The Infinity Of The Will, Joseph K. Cosgrove
Cartesian Certainty And The Infinity Of The Will, Joseph K. Cosgrove
Philosophy Faculty Publications
This paper interprets Descartes' conception of "certainty" as most fundamentally a function of the human will, controlling the cognitive encounter with the world.
The Illusion Of Technique: A Search For Meaning In Technological Civilization, Albert Borgmann
The Illusion Of Technique: A Search For Meaning In Technological Civilization, Albert Borgmann
Philosophy Faculty Publications
The title of the book which seems to promise an essay in the philosophy of technology may be misleading since the avowed purpose of the book is to present "a study of contemporary philosophy" which is at the same time "an attempt at a connected argument for freedom".