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Dynamism A Philosophy and Science Series Early in 2001, I had a new breakthrough in clear philosophical and scientific reflection, appropriately enough, sitting by the reflecting pool at USC. A complete Philosophy for the new century was needed, a full treatment of scientific and philosophical topics and issues in a "dynamism" of cross-connected ideas. The first volume, Force, on Quantum Physics and Ontology, opens the series, with further planned volumes. Although it looks computer-generated, the stunning series cover Art is indeed a photograph, derived as much by accident as design - apropos. |
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Synthetic A Priori Philosophical Interviews In the late 90s, I spent quite a bit of time arguing Philosophy online. After many hours of answering objections and addressing problems in the Alt.Philosophy newsgroup, I came to see that my posts were relatively consistent, and could work as a series of "interviews". The collection covers subtle and very fundamental philosophical and scientific topics and problems, and includes an oft-quoted refutation of Ayn Rand's pseudo-rational "objectivism". The refutation has never been rationally countered by any objectivist. (discuss)
rimric press, ISBN 0-9662635-6-1, 206 pages |
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The Pure Critique of Reason Kant and Subjectivity Of course, with all the connections to my philosophical mentor in earlier works, it was natural to do a reading of Kan't [in]famous first Critique, of Pure Reason. This bold work follows a text which many students find mystifying, and even explains its seeming contradictions and difficult concepts of subjectivity, reason, and apperception. The resulting "pure critique" is also a tribute to the thinker who most inspired me. (discuss) 1998-1999 | pub: Oct 2002, Oct 2008 rimric press, ISBN 0-9662635-5-3, 133 pages |
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The Empiricism of Subjectivity Deleuze and Consciousness This was my first independent book, an unapologetically complex discovery of subjectivity, based on and following Gilles Deleuze's own books on Hume, Nietzsche, Kant, Bergson, Proust, Masoch, Spinoza, Foucault, and Leibniz. Along with To Lie Within the Moment as an answer to "Southern Fiction", this was my answer to "American Philosophy", and took a very "Continental" approach while broaching many topics in Philosophy of Science. The cover art is a reversed close-up of the crackled paint line of a road lane. (discuss) 1996-1997 | pub: Oct 2002, Oct 2008 rimric press, ISBN 0-9662635-3-7, 116 pages |
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The Ethos of Modernity Foucault and Enlightenment, with The History of Panopticism Despite being revised from my 1995-96 Master's thesis, the first part of this book, a monograph on the Enlightenment theories of Foucault, Kant and Baudelaire, is unique. When it was completed, I set out to expand it with a look at the historical basis of panopticism, and I did so without changing the basic framework of the original thesis. The cover art is a zoom shot of the Empire State Building in New York, an obvious panoptic reference. (discuss) 1995-1996 | pub: May 1996, Oct 2002, Oct 2008 rimric press, ISBN 0-9662635-2-9, 151 pages |
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The Generation of 'X' Philosophical Essays 1991-1995 As I wrote in the 2002 preface, the papers in this book were done for coursework and independent research, all representing a struggle. The tensions in these papers, coming from uninspiring professors, as well as periods of doubt in my own ideas, make a backdrop, and the works themselves point to my ongoing interests in subjectivity, aesthetics, logic and language, with cheerful willingness to ask questions. The cover art itself, Notebook, is a reversed photograph of my own notes from a course on Kant. (discuss) 1991-1995 | pub: Oct 2002, Oct 2008 rimric press, ISBN 0-9662635-0-2, 156 pages |