Philosophy Projects

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• Continental Epistemology: Develop a comprehensive Continental Epistemology in the value system of continental philosophy (not merely continental philosophy's response to traditional epistemic issues)
• Obsurantism Analysis: Identify, structure, and investigate the deliberate obscurantism in French/Continental philosophy (e.g.; Bourdieau's is different than Foucault's and both have a structure and style)
• Text with or without Author: One one hand the text should stand on its own without the author being considered (Barthes, Foucault), but on the other hand people are self-labeling with ever more identity politics categories, so we want to hear the queer Islamic feminist point of view on topic x.
• Personal Identity rethinking - antiFoucauldian, other dimensions
• Play 2.0
• Life 2.0 Ethics of Perception
• Top 10 List
• Book on Mallarme
• Paper: Heidegger and Ranciere (ereignis)
• Paper: Bergson, QM, Ranciere
• Aesthetics: How is/isn’t New Media the New Avant Garde? what political agenda does new media have? What is the social/political role of New Media? (Adorno/Benjamin analysis)
• Aesthetics: Role of SciArt practice - sci->diysci; art->citizen art; Science/DIY science transition - how is Artworld/citizen art transition/reaction to be? Science - more tangible - appreciation that, and curiosity about how Internet models might help with the practice of science - collaboration - understand selves as node in expanding ecosystem of who can do science; what is art, who can do art, who recognizes and inculcates (ww....from Fr Crit) art; when Christine puts it in the Whitney or x in the Tate
• Different in Deleuze and Equality in Ranciere
• Power: Foucault, Dussel, Ranciere