tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57063651852627117822024-03-13T07:12:13.201-04:00After NatureWriting about nature, art, music, and philosophy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-11162215119541735842023-11-05T17:01:00.006-05:002024-01-12T15:44:56.265-05:0090.3 WESS FM Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-43375672563312129952023-09-09T21:35:00.010-04:002023-09-09T21:39:50.028-04:00Brassier and Grant on Schelling, Nature, and ReasonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-90923674523043159002023-09-09T21:31:00.004-04:002023-09-09T21:38:55.753-04:00Ray Brassier, "The Persistence of Form: Hegel and PsychoanalysisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-74748504275150010262023-09-09T21:25:00.007-04:002023-09-09T21:39:20.613-04:00Object Naturalism, Subject Naturalism, Process Naturalism and Beyond | Ray BrassierUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-25481913899988389572023-05-12T13:51:00.002-04:002023-05-12T13:51:48.997-04:00Two conversations about nature and creativity Featuring two theistic naturalists (panentheists), Robert S. Corrington (Drew University) and Robert Cummings Neville (Boston University). These are two towering figures in the history of American philosophy of religion, philosophical naturalism, and philosophical theology. The conversations in these two videos span discussion of the meaning of nature, theism versus pantheism versus Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-87524672746098456462023-01-18T14:50:00.001-05:002023-01-18T14:50:04.910-05:00"Ecotheological Community and the Question of Non-human Animals Understood as Persons" in American Journal of Theology & Philosophy (2022) 43 (2-3): 58–79. Link HERE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-80742568340295359222022-11-04T17:07:00.001-04:002022-11-06T22:29:13.855-05:00Mountain cabin vista (graphite)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-30151775157989833782022-10-21T22:35:00.001-04:002022-10-23T14:47:38.116-04:00Mushrooms (alcohol brush pen and ink)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-75654026374216864202022-10-19T14:01:00.008-04:002022-10-19T22:10:05.195-04:00Update to Reading Groups for Academic Year 2022-23 This semester's reading group is on Rescher's Axiogenesis and select readings by William James and John Dewey called "Philosophy of Organism III: Rescher's Axiogenesis and Readings in James and Dewey" running weekly on Fridays. It's the third reading group in the topic of philosophy of organism which I've done over the years.It's been decided that for Winter term (Dec 15-Jan 15) to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-86376843662296214912022-10-17T21:04:00.001-04:002022-10-19T12:31:26.081-04:00Field and Forest: Delaware Water Gap, PA (ink and alcohol brush pen)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-18195401297969470872022-09-17T11:51:00.001-04:002022-09-17T11:53:40.694-04:00Grim Northern Mountains (India ink soft brush pen)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-24716240906214030652022-08-25T22:25:00.000-04:002022-08-25T23:20:45.386-04:00Forest Lehigh Gorge (brush pen)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-25686335668473832612022-08-18T01:59:00.001-04:002022-08-21T01:49:02.387-04:00Podcast: William Desmond and The Excess of Being with Steve KnepperWilliam Desmond and The Excess of Being with Steve KnepperHermitix PodcastSteven E. Knepper is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at the Virginia Military Institute. In this episode we discuss his book Wonder Strikes: Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond, alongside discussions on being, God, grace, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-54835639989363927712022-08-09T19:35:00.001-04:002022-08-09T19:35:50.281-04:00Thoreau on Solitude, Sympathy, and the Salve for MelancholyBeautiful write-up replete with enchanting illustrations and some interesting historical photos. I used to yearly visit Maine summers and would often read the Transcendentalists as part of my healing nature-worship. My love for Thoreau, Emerson, first ignited in graduate school Ph.D. in a seminar simply titled "Transcendentalism" run by Doug Anderson. It was also in that seminar where Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-23043069791007933462022-08-06T22:20:00.001-04:002022-08-06T22:20:13.837-04:00Farmhouse in winter (line and wash)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-76898423642919229132022-07-24T18:02:00.003-04:002022-08-08T22:49:05.924-04:00What are our rights and duties towards alien life? Very interesting article from Aeon covering a topic within my newfound obsession with "exophilosophy" (or exopolitics, or cosmopolitics - describe it how you wish). Save the absolute hubris in the passage below, the rest of the article at least takes a much needed philosophical approach to the subject, something refreshing in light of the short-sighted hardnosed scientism which prevails in Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-21628184921004029902022-07-13T15:46:00.001-04:002022-07-22T15:29:01.661-04:00Ray Brassier Unbound (2022 podcast interview with Ray Brassier) Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour · Ray Brassier - Brassier UnboundUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-58732109910606249862022-06-30T03:26:00.001-04:002022-07-22T15:31:45.098-04:00Large tree (ink, in Sokcho South Korea)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-11390845697291188622022-06-25T06:33:00.000-04:002022-07-22T15:31:40.078-04:00Mountain lake version 2 (ink)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-67326764810653537022022-06-09T13:34:00.000-04:002022-07-22T15:31:34.215-04:00Quick sketch - Evening church, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (ink, brush pen)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-3011875973977051202022-05-30T13:48:00.001-04:002022-07-22T15:30:41.413-04:00Trees, mountain scene, flowers (ink)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-37662846488857427532022-05-13T22:24:00.002-04:002022-05-13T22:24:34.505-04:00NORTH AMERICAN SCHELLING SOCIETY (NASS7) SCHELLING AND PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE - Conference ProgramHERE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-88350936291395187402022-04-25T11:37:00.001-04:002022-07-22T15:30:34.169-04:00The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast: Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part One) (Podcast)Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part One)The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastOn Susanne Langer's Philosophy in a New Key (1942), ch. 8-10. Is music (the supposedly non-representational artform) a language? If it's "expressive," what exactly does it express? Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support Listen onUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-37411151334055438252022-04-23T16:05:00.001-04:002022-04-23T22:14:53.719-04:00Tree at farm (water color pencil, field sketch)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706365185262711782.post-86892489014977243372022-04-22T16:48:00.003-04:002022-04-23T22:15:57.119-04:00Nature and Naturalism in Classical German Philosophy A new book appearing in August looks quite fascinating. Nature and Naturalism in Classical German Philosophy is a collection of essays that sets out to present exactly what the title depicts. I'll copy below the table of contents - however I'd urge anyone who is interested in Naturphilosophie to take a look at this. Obviously a high price-point prohibits easily adding it to one's collectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.com