OOOO gleanings

[Ecology without Nature: OOO, It's Object-Oriented Buddhism 25 Aug 2010

Levi kindly asked me to write an essay for the OOO anthology. Mine is called "BuddhistObjects." I happen to be here on this retreat with a few moments to ...]

[Do Speculative Realists want us to be Chinese? by Amod Lele on Feb.24, 2010

I’ve lately been trying to start understanding Speculative Realism, a contemporary movement within “continental” philosophy. Speculative Realism is of particular interest to me because, it seems, it is one of the first philosophical movements whose social network is focused on the Web. (One of its leading thinkers, Graham Harman, has his own regularly updated blog.) This is not yet the future I’ve been starting to imagine where the Web replaces universities and book publishing as philosophy’s institutional locus, since most if not all Speculative Realists are academics. Still, it’s an interesting first step.]

[Is existence essentially unreal?: Aurobindo, SR ... By himanshu damle

This particular discussion has set me into thinking about my not-so-academic interest in Aurobindo as doubtful, as it indeed has nothing to do with my thesis, but is so very crucial to my understanding of Speculative Realism and ... at 10:37 AM]

[Object-Oriented Orientalism THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Fine post from Amod concerning Speculative Realism, Ayn Rand (of all people), and the permutations of philosophy in China and India. He points out that Rand positions herself as a strong critic of Kant for some of the same reasons that the Meillassoux-inspired critique does: its too-strong separation between the human mind and the world of objects. Rand felt that in conceding that the mind could not grasp "the things themselves," Kant had surrendered to the forces of irrationalism; from here, it was spitting distance to the psychologism that Frege diagnosed in Husserl's first work, for instance.]

Oriental linkages with OOO can turn out to be a vibrant stream, but Oriental-OOO (OOOO) is a different branch altogether. The advantage is instead of scouring obscure tracts in weighty tomes for testimony, one can leisurely glean from the commonly used proverbs. [TNM] 

• Dane dane pe likha hai khanewale ka naam — On each grain is written the name of the eater. What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith
• आप बादाम खाना चाहते हो और ये आपको तब मिलते हैं जब आपके सारे दांत गिर जाते हैं| — You want almonds and you get it when all your teeth have fallen. Art of Living (East Delhi ): "समय से पहले जरूरत से ... [Translate this page]