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Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector Semantics
Read more: Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector SemanticsKurzynski discusses how poetry extends beyond sound and rhythm and taps into a deeper network of meanings.
Laruelle does not exist; or, working with non-philosophy, not worshipping it
By Anthony Paul Smith. As I was thinking back on the writing of the recently published François Laruelle’s Principles of Non-Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Guide, I kept thinking of Laruelle’s discussion of his own writing about the work of…
Fitting Nowhere
Written by Ghada Karmi, this extract is one of a hundred featured in Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora, edited by Yasir Suleiman. Now available in paperback for £16.99. For most of my life, being Palestinian has been…
When conservation is not enough
By Dominic Hinde In its nine years in power, Scotland’s Scottish National Party (SNP) government has sought to redefine many areas of how the country is governed. In many fields, from healthcare to education, the party has attempted to create…
David Hume and Scottish Philosophy
By Gordon Graham Not so very long ago, it was quite widely accepted that Britain’s most significant contribution to the development of philosophy was ‘empiricism’ and that its great exponents were the Englishman John Locke, the Irishman George Berkeley, and…
The real ‘Northern Powerhouse’? Strengthening Anglo-Scottish collaboration across the Borderlands
By Keith Shaw Tucked away towards the end of the recent document announcing the ‘Devolution Deal’ between the Treasury and the seven local councils in the North East of England, is a commitment to working in collaboration with Scotland to…
The semantic dimension of Newtonian Power
By Asher Jiang The concept of physical power in its modern forms has been introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in his great work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Although Newton has embedded this concept into a precise mathematical framework, the power…
Descartes in Scotland and pre-Enlightenment Scottish philosophy
By Giovanni Gellera Until recently, the question ‘What was philosophy like in Scotland before the Enlightenment?’ met a standard answer reminiscent of the famous Augustinian warning to those who dared to ask what was there before the beginning of time:…
Post-Politicisation and the Return of the Political
Erik Swyngedouw and Japhy Wilson explore the parallax gap between struggles for democracy against a backdrop of growing political disaffection.
An Interview with Graham Harman
To celebrate the new edition of Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy in the Making, we bring you an exclusive author Q&A with Graham Harman. Questions by Jon Cogburn.