Jerusalemcrossroads
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_is1wkzb wrote
Very curious: How many Aristotelians do we have here? How aware are this subreddit's members of the reason that Plato is pointing up and Aristotle is pointing down for one specific reason in Raphael's "School of Athens" painting?
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_iru6usa wrote
Reply to comment by SwampR in Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia: "Such a world has nothing to do with ecology, but quite simply with a politics of living things". An essay by Latour in which he discusses the work of the Gaia theorist James Lovelock. Bruno Latour (1947-2022) was a French philosopher and sociologist of science. by amondyyl
"Only love // can make it rain // like when the beach // is kissed by the sea"... ;)
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_iru3ypj wrote
Reply to comment by SwampR in Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia: "Such a world has nothing to do with ecology, but quite simply with a politics of living things". An essay by Latour in which he discusses the work of the Gaia theorist James Lovelock. Bruno Latour (1947-2022) was a French philosopher and sociologist of science. by amondyyl
Order is a Western concept. Chaos is not; it is Oriental. That's basic Aristotelian metaphysics, not my personal opinion... ;)
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_iru38ji wrote
Reply to comment by SwampR in Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia: "Such a world has nothing to do with ecology, but quite simply with a politics of living things". An essay by Latour in which he discusses the work of the Gaia theorist James Lovelock. Bruno Latour (1947-2022) was a French philosopher and sociologist of science. by amondyyl
He and his followers enjoyed chaos using a "talking stick" format. "The more disagreements," one member of Latour's discussion group once told me, "the better" [i.e. complexity is superior to simplicity, Plato over Aristotle, etc. et. all]…
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_irtvv2k wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia: "Such a world has nothing to do with ecology, but quite simply with a politics of living things". An essay by Latour in which he discusses the work of the Gaia theorist James Lovelock. Bruno Latour (1947-2022) was a French philosopher and sociologist of science. by amondyyl
The "talking stick" bit...
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_irs7oea wrote
Reply to Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia: "Such a world has nothing to do with ecology, but quite simply with a politics of living things". An essay by Latour in which he discusses the work of the Gaia theorist James Lovelock. Bruno Latour (1947-2022) was a French philosopher and sociologist of science. by amondyyl
Latour was a hack, a mediocre Catholic...agent of chaos..."talking stick" kinda guy...
Jerusalemcrossroads t1_is1wxvw wrote
Reply to comment by SannySen in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | October 10, 2022 by BernardJOrtcutt
I'm currently writing a book with a section that compares Chinese and Jewish/Jerusalem's religions. You can check out my website but the book is a year or two away from completion.
www.jcrossroads.com