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Larval Subjects .
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Larval Subjects . is a personal blog at larvalsubjects.wordpress.com about philosophy and writing. Since 2010, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Manifesto for Object-Oriented Philosophy Part II”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for philosophy posts on object-oriented ontology applied to cinema, on Borromean Knots, and on Kant's account of what we can know.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Manifesto for Object-Oriented Philosophy Part II2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-06-01
What Hacker News says?
Resounding notions of Object Oriented Ontology[1] in Cinema[2][3] here, which is very much about pick out & possibly stitching together key items from film. > " All of the elements of a shot’s mise en scène, all of the non-relational objects within the film frame, are figures of a sort. The figure is the likeness of a material object, whether that likeness is by-design or purely accidental. A shot is a cluster of ci…
Comment linking /2010/05/03/cinema-and-object-oriented-ontology/
on “Automatic supercuts on the command line with Videogrep”Submitted Object-Oriented Philosophy: What Is It Good For? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI hadn't heard of Borromean Knots before you made this comment and got a great read out of it. Thanks! For others following up on this thread, Borromean Knots seem to be an extension of psychoanalytic theory that tries to describe social interactions through an object oriented model that highlights the differences between symbolic, real, and imaginary claims: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_clinic 2. http…
Comment linking /2009/12/08/borromean-knots-ooo-and-social-and-political-theory/
on “Users post more falsehoods after others correct them: study”Submitted Manifesto for Object-Oriented Philosophy Part II as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> "there is an underlying reality apart from that which we can never know" If you find this interesting, I'd very highly recommend reading Hegel. In my mind, he expands upon Kant to a new level. With Hegel, there isn't a world "out there, out of human reach". Rather, reality is always shaped by interactions of my impressions. There is no "real rock" that I am barred from experiencing in itself. There is no essence b…
Comment linking /2006/12/13/hegels-conception-of-essence/
on “Immanuel Kant–What can we know?”Submitted Manifesto for Object-Oriented Philosophy Part I as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Onticology: A Manifesto for Object-Oriented Ontology as a story · 1 points
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