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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Aug 26

as an optimist, I believe that it is genuinely possible for one of the more skilled psychologists in the profession to explain what the question "is virtue worth pursuing?" means

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 28

of course i'm an expressivist. my statements always express my beliefs

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 26

-bri'ish dracula

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George Webster @georgewebster.bsky.social · Jul 25

A watershed moment: my first citation!! 🎉🎉🎉

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 25

your paper is great, and I'm very glad it exists to make clear what would otherwise be a very tangled discussion around deleuze's naturalism! was thrilled to discover it

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 22

check out the full a rticle here!
philpapers.org/rec/ODODEO

Evan O'Donnell, Deleuze's Epistemology of Inquiry - PhilPapers

In this paper, I propose to describe Deleuze’s theory of knowledge as set out in Difference & Repetition. First, I show that despite Deleuze’s hostility towards a knowledge-centered approach to philos...

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 22

deleuze goes the opposite way. first he defines what it means to have a "problem" & "question," & then "knowledge" is downstream: just a "settled solution" to a problem. a cogent & underappreciated account that happens to largely parallel normative epistemology's direction today

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 22

deleuze's issue is that epistemology defines knowledge first & takes every other part of the process to be a deficient reflection of that ultimate state. which may sound familiar if you're aware of the zetetic turn in analytic epistemology... deleuze wants to talk inquiring!

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 22

it's not a major point of emphasis for him, but it's not right to read a lack of focus as hostility. concentrating on D&R, I draw out a deleuzian theory of knowledge from deleuze's own brief remarks on the subject.

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 22

if you're at all familiar with english secondary lit on deleuze, you might find the idea of a deleuzian epistemology kind of surprising. deleuzians are always saying stuff like "deleuze hates epistemology" and "deleuze is opposed to knowledge." but I don't think that's true!

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jul 22

NEW PAPER ALERT: deleuze's epistemology of inquiry is now forthcoming in the southern journal of philosophy! read on for more info on what deleuze's epistemology (of inquiry) is!
(link at bottom)

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jun 12

I quite frankly absolutely destroy at cogitordle

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jun 3

there is truth at the core of the intuition-based way of doing philosophy but it's a truth you'd think philosophers would be a bit less cavalier about admitting

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jun 3

it is kind of interesting that you're never allowed to say you feel ambiguously about a case

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yoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social · Jun 3

husband: i found some vital data today

wife: oh honey not again

husband, putting papers out on the table: gorilla city is real. the ancient Aztecs knew it

wife: how would gorillas even build a city

husband: look at this. Gorilla averages near Tlatelolco are off the charts

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jun 3

true

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Jun 1

he most certainly would not

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · May 31

anti skepticism comic

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · May 29

be on the lookout for my upcoming book "Gestures Towards a Prolegomenon of Future Prefatory Remarks: Some Fumblings in the Dark of a Humble Servant of God, Illuminated Only by the Grace of the Almighty, tho' Otherwise Ignorant, O! A Wretched Sinner Am I!"

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Gabe Gottlieb @gabegottlieb.bsky.social · Apr 4

Newest issue of Fichteana: Review of J.G. Fichte Research is now available online. Includes many reviews, including of two volumes I edited + a review of Owen Ware's Fichte's Moral Philosophy, plus news, CFPs, new publications. Thanks to @symphilosophie.bsky.social!

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FICHTEANA - Latest Issue

FICHTEANA 24 (2024) (To read: click on the pop-out feature at the top right-hand corner)

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Mar 21

my bracket is perfect so far... I predicted BIG BUSINESS would win every round

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Mar 20

it's the question on everyone's mind!!! in the street people stop and ask each other: "rustic or urbane? rustic or urbane?" in the halls of power you hear whispered in hushed tones: "rustic or urbane? rustic or urbane?" as the people of the world fall asleep at night they wonder: "rustic or urbane?"

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Mar 20

"Beyond Rustic and Urbane" has just been uploaded to Apeiron's site, making it my first official publication! PLEASE change all of the "forthcoming"s in your multiple glowing citations to "2025"s and check it out here: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Mar 17

philosophers call absurd sentences "moorean" in a cruel and meanspirited attribution of nonsensical thinking to g.e. moore

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evan @beingandslime.bsky.social · Mar 4

Check it out to find out what that guy finds so darn funny philpapers.org/rec/ODOBRA-3

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