Epistemological concussion and masochism
Can knowledge and experience ever reflect each other?
Writing
Why did we hurt sadism?
What must phenomenology do to be able to see past difficult cultural frameworks to the experience of things themselves?
Is the writing the philosophy, or the object of a philosophical process?
Writing in phenomenology is Ausdruck, not a result.
Is philosophy a result or a process? A done thing or a doing?
Messy, difficult and inconsistent. That is good philosophy.
What can a phenomenologist see when they look at the world?
Want something for free? The world, the oyster, are given to you. Giveness is a quality of the world bestowed to anyone who cares to perceive.
Is pain a pleasure through ‘some strange alchemy’?
To write a defence of masochism is a brave and difficult task. Weak claims about pain and pleasure undermine the effort.
How does phenomenology generate knowledge?
Too often, phenomenology is made into a step-by-step process that claims a knowledge outcome. Knowledge, however, in a phenomenological study, is an altogether different beast.
What can you do with a Stupid Detector?
A lot of what is ‘peer-reviewed’ and published as phenomenology is, my stupid detector reports, stupid. But why?
How writing rescues us from being dull and blind
To write a description is to wield a special magic. Description moves us from being blind, dull and predictable into being visionary, original and of truth.
