Theory Talk

In this episode, Taylor interviews James Winchester, author of several books, including "Nietzsche's Aesthetic Turn". (Dr. Winchester was also our undergrad philosophy teacher!) Support Theory Talk: https://www.patreon.com/theorytalk Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theory_talk

Joe and Taylor check in, then Justin Murphy stops by to talk Deleuze and politics with us. (This is the first part of a longer discussion available in full on Patreon.) Support Theory Talk: https://www.patreon.com/theorytalk Read Fractal Ontology: http://ontology.io

This episode contains an excerpt from our hour-long discussion on Felix Guattari (a special feature for our patrons.) But before that, Taylor and Joe discuss A Thousand Plateaus and collective writing practices. Support Theory Talk on Patreon: patreon.com/theorytalk Follow Theory Talk on Twitter: twitter.com/theory_talk Read Fractal Ontology: http://ontology.io

Joe and Taylor make some inroads into the philosophy of computer science. In the first session: halting problems; randomness and short programs; the political economy of cognition. In the second session: what does a sign do if it doesn't signify? Support Theory Talk: patreon.com/theorytalk Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/theory_talk Read Joe's short design-fiction "Getting Started with your Xerocomputer" on Fractal Ontology: https://fractalontology.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/getting-started-with-your-xerocomputer/

Joe and Taylor discuss the Spinozist roots of Deleuze's philosophy of difference. This is an excerpt from our special two-hour feature on Difference and Repetition. Become a patron at the $5 level to hear the whole thing today! Support Theory Talk: patreon.com/theorytalk Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/theory_talk Read Fractal Ontology: ontology.io

Taylor and Joe are here to celebrate our fiftieth episode! The discussion begins with monads. In the second half: the philosophy of sport. Support Theory Talk: https://www.patreon.com/theorytalk Follow Theory Talk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theory_talk

In the first session presented here, the discussion begins with blocks and blockages; Derrida’s appearance in a critical section of Anti-Oedipus; structuralism and the science of life. In the second session, from Badiou to acceleration. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/theorytalk Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/theory_talk

Joe and Taylor spent an hour discussing Laruelle in a special feature for our patrons. Here's a sample of that discussion. Support Theory Talk on Patreon at any level to hear the full conversation: patreon.com/theorytalk

Joe and Taylor are back to talk philosophy! In this wintry episode, culture and the unconscious: discontent and double-binds; Rousseau's theory of inequality; minority and segmentarity; what is cultivation? A tiny excursus about Judaism follows the main discussion.

Joe and Taylor are back to think about the ancient world: the birth of philosophy from mythology; Nietzsche's portraits of the pre-Socratics; the primal matters of water and fire; Job and Anaximander. Support Theory Talk: patreon.com/theorytalk Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/theory_talk

First, post-apocalypse and the ruins of the cultural unconscious. Next: checking in on the American experiment. Support Theory Talk: https://patreon.com/theorytalk

Joe interviews Andrew Culp, media theorist and author of Dark Deleuze. Support Theory Talk: https://patreon.com/theorytalk Buy Dark Deleuze: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Deleuze-Forerunners-Ideas-First/dp/1517901332

This week: language and capability; climatology; a non-journalism? Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session. Your hosts are Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins, independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the theory weblog Fractal Ontology (https://ontology.io).

Social mediation and telepathy; mutations in the image of thought; the transcendental city of multitudes. In the lightning round: the results of a non-philosophical experiment. Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session from Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins. Enjoying the show? Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/theorytalk Links: "Philo-fictions and Experimental Texts" https://fractalontology.wordpress.com/philo-fictions

In this episode: transcendental aliens; how to be worthy of freedom; are all definitions analytic? --Listen to the end for our new game: the Lightning Round, a mutual interview segment with short answers (less than one minute.) Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast from Theoretical Media. Your hosts are Joseph Weissman (https://twitter.com/fractalontology) and Taylor Adkins (https://twitter.com/tadkins613). Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher to listen to new and archived episodes for free! (And why not leave a review while you're at it?) Enjoying the show? Let us know on Twitter (https://twitter.com/theory_talk). Want to support the creation of the show? Visit our page on Patreon (https://patreon.com/theorytalk).

How do the faculties of thought work? Can thinking become an archipelago -- instead of a battlefield? In today's episode, Joe and Taylor investigate the structure and potential of the image of thought, and offer speculations about the future of philosophy. In the second half: a dream about philosophical territories. Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast. You can listen to new and archived episodes for free by subscribing on iTunes or Stitcher. While you're there, please give us a rating and review -- it helps others find the show! You can follow us on Twitter(twitter.com/theory_talk). Your hosts are Taylor Adkins (twitter.com/tadkins613) and Joseph Weissman (twitter.com/fractalontology).

Joe and Taylor are back for another critical thinking jam session. In this episode: the transcendentalism of Kant, Spinoza, Hegel; the transcendental empiricism of Deleuze; mathematical physics and the real; robopsychology and aliens. Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast from Theoretical Media. Joe and Taylor are independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the theory weblog Fractal Ontology (https://ontology.io). If you enjoy the show, why not let your friends know? And while you're at it, you could leave us a rating and review on iTunes or Stitcher. And if you want to contribute even further, donate to our Patreon (https://patreon.com/theorytalk).

Amidst fake news and creeping fascism, Joe and Taylor discuss a return to the humanities. Also: Socrates and Laruelle; Kant's first critique.

In this episode, Joe and Taylor think about Spinoza: ethics as a weapon against negativity; the relation between power and desire; ethology and judgments about ways of life; freedom and the differential relation between actions and passions. Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast from Theoretical Media. Your hosts are Joseph Weissman (twitter.com/fractalontology) and Taylor Adkins (twitter.com/tadkins613), independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the theory weblog fractal ontology (http://ontology.io). Questions for Theory Talk? Connect with us on Twitter twitter.com/theory_talk! We'd love to hear from you.

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session from theoretical media. In today's show Joe and Taylor talk about ecology and culture: Joe offers an analogy between Darwin’s finches and discursive spheres; Taylor probes the critical sense of rationality.