Joe and Taylor are back to talk about the future: the inchoate science of the mind; presently-untheorized forms of social organization; transcendental computation. The discussion begins with Laruelle and the belligerence of philosophy.

Ep. 74: Futurality

Joe and Taylor are back for more than two hours of Theory Talk. In the first session: writing and philosophy; the citational nexus between Deleuze, Guattari, Laruelle and Badiou. In the second session, some meditations on the ancient world with Homer and Socrates.

Ep. 73: Writing / Socrates

Come along on a voyage to where no philosopher has gone before! (Okay, maybe they've gone there.) A brief analysis of the Greek word "nomos" introduces a critical discussion of Star Trek, specifically TOS and TNG, which is the material we are most familiar with. Spatiality and strategy; aesthetics and social transformation; becoming-child, utopian ethics and the absolute. Join Taylor and Joe on a journey to the edge of metaphysical space!Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast produced by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/theory_talk. Subscribe for exclusive content at patreon.com/theorytalk. Cover photo is "Trouble Light" (1977), Joseph Nechvatal.

Come along on a voyage to where no philosopher has gone before! (Okay, maybe they've gone there.) A brief analysis of the Greek word "nomos" introduces a critical discussion of Star Trek, specifically TOS and TNG, which is the material we are most familiar with. Spatiality and strategy; aesthetics and social transformation; becoming-child, utopian ethics and the absolute. Join Taylor and Joe on a journey to the edge of metaphysical space! Theory Talk is a weird and wonderful philosophy podcast produced by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins. Follow us on twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/theory_talk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/theory_talk</a>. Subscribe for exclusive content at <a href="http://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/theorytalk</a>. Cover photo is "Trouble Light" (1977), Joseph Nechvatal.

Ep. 72: Theory Trek

Laruelle's nonstandard philosophy. Suspension in Laruelle and Kierkegaard; superposition and aufhebung; philosophy, religion and tyranny; the ethics of decision; inclusivity and futural thought-amplitudes.

Ep. 71: Nonstandard Philosophy

John Roden

Dr. David John Roden, philosopher and author of Posthuman Life. Come explore the edges of the human with us! Speculative and critical posthumanisms; the transhuman problematic; ethics and filters; hyperplastics and dark phenomena.

Posthuman Life with David John Roden

Joe and Taylor are back to talk philosophy (of) cybernetics: Turing and Chomsky; general intelligence and stratification; the infinity of the dictionary (and of other regimes of signification); teleology and transformation; language and world-modeling.

Ep. 70: Turing Cops

Dreamwork II

Joe and Taylor converse about dreams: language and the unconscious; stratification and associative lines; deep time and disconnection; industrial civilization and dreaming-machines; the social function of dreaming.Recommended Reading: The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula le GuinThe Book of Chang-TzuFragments, HeraclitusDaybreak, Nietzsche

Joe and Taylor converse about dreams: language and the unconscious; stratification and associative lines; deep time and disconnection; industrial civilization and dreaming-machines; the social function of dreaming. Recommended Reading: The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula le Guin The Book of Chang-Tzu Fragments, Heraclitus Daybreak, Nietzsche

Ep. 69: Dreamwork II

Join Joe and Taylor for a conversation about language with Guattari and Chomsky. Wiener and Simondon; transcendental utopianism; antiproduction; pragmatics and diagrams; the political economy of language.Recommended Reading:Recursivity and Contingency (Yuk Hui)"Introduction: Rhizome" from A Thousand Plateaus (Deleuze and Guattari)The Machinic Unconscious (Felix Guattari, tr. Taylor Adkins!)

Join Joe and Taylor for a conversation about language with Guattari and Chomsky. Wiener and Simondon; transcendental utopianism; antiproduction; pragmatics and diagrams; the political economy of language. Recommended Reading: Recursivity and Contingency (Yuk Hui) "Introduction: Rhizome" from A Thousand Plateaus (Deleuze and Guattari) The Machinic Unconscious (Felix Guattari, tr. Taylor Adkins!)

Ep. 68: Rhizomatics

Join Taylor and Joe as they explore the vital individuations of the living form. Zarathustra’s sympathy for unfortunate exceptions and transitional forms; zoological creativity and imagination; natural languages and organic programs; society and animality: the imprinting of an ecology on the individual and the transcoding of living forms between species; life as experimental technology; from morality to ethico-aesthetics.Recommended Reading:“Pure Variation and Organic Stratification” (Jérôme Rosanvallon)Perspectives on Organisms (Longo and Montevil)Nietzsche and the Becoming of Life (Vanessa Lemm)The Form of Becoming (Janina Wellman)Support Theory Talk: https://patreon.com/theorytalk

Join Taylor and Joe as they explore the vital individuations of the living form. Zarathustra’s sympathy for unfortunate exceptions and transitional forms; zoological creativity and imagination; natural languages and organic programs; society and animality: the imprinting of an ecology on the individual and the transcoding of living forms between species; life as experimental technology; from morality to ethico-aesthetics. Recommended Reading: “Pure Variation and Organic Stratification” (Jérôme Rosanvallon) Perspectives on Organisms (Longo and Montevil) Nietzsche and the Becoming of Life (Vanessa Lemm) The Form of Becoming (Janina Wellman) Support Theory Talk: <a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a>

Ep. 67: Life

Joe and Taylor talk about Taylor and Rocco Gangle's forthcoming translation of "Non-standard Philosophy" by François Laruelle: superpositions; speculative supercolliders; amplitudes of thought; fluctuations of the soul; practical utopia.Support Theory Talk on Patreon today: go ahead, take a second right now and subscribe -- https://patreon.com/theorytalkThanks so much to all our listeners and supporters. You make the show possible!

Joe and Taylor talk about Taylor and Rocco Gangle's forthcoming translation of "Non-standard Philosophy" by François Laruelle: superpositions; speculative supercolliders; amplitudes of thought; fluctuations of the soul; practical utopia. Support Theory Talk on Patreon today: go ahead, take a second right now and subscribe -- <a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a> Thanks so much to all our listeners and supporters. You make the show possible!

Ep. 66: Amplitudes of Thought

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session, featuring in-depth discussions of contemporary thought and thinkers. The show is produced by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins.Podcast cover photo: "Trouble Light" (1977) by Joseph Nechvatal.

This podcast has become something of an addiction (in the best possible way). A chance to unplug from the day to day insanity and send my brain on a little vacation into the theoretical. Philosophy, politics, general cultural discussion all get a unique spin from these two (obviously brilliant) guys. Even if I don’t know all the names or books being discussed, listing to this podcast let’s me imagine I’m sitting in a coffeehouse in some remote European outpost eavesdropping on the new generation of world changing radicals. Keep up the good work gentlemen.

Get on the theory train

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session, featuring in-depth discussions of contemporary thought and thinkers. The show is produced by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins. Podcast cover photo: "Trouble Light" (1977) by Joseph Nechvatal.

Theory Talk

Andrew Culp

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

Joe interviews Andrew Culp, media theorist and author of Dark Deleuze. Support Theory Talk: <a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a> Buy Dark Deleuze: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Deleuze-Forerunners-Ideas-First/dp/1517901332" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Deleuze-Forerunners-Ideas-First/dp/1517901332</a>

Ep. 44: Dark Deleuze (with Andrew Culp)

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session. In this episode, Joe and Taylor talk Guattari and Deleuze: the anthropomorphic representation of sex; structuralism and reproduction; writing and metaphor; the scientificity of psychoanalysis.

Ep. 23: D+G

Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins are once again in discussion. Tune in this week on Theory Talk for reflections on Nietzsche; translation; and Joe and Taylor sharing some memories from when they met as undergraduate students.

Ep. 5: Origin Story

Theory Talk is a critical thinking jam session. In this episode, Joe and Taylor discuss the logic of the unconscious; presence and absence; the rhythm of memory; symptom enjoyment; trauma and stratification; the paradox of censorship; Freud’s clientele; rumination; and why the President is unhappy.

Ep. 12: Psychoanalysis

Justin Murphy

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/theorytalkRead Fractal Ontology: http://ontology.io

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: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/theorytalk</a> Read Fractal Ontology: <a href="http://ontology.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ontology.io</a>

Ep. 54: Roundtable on Deleuze (with Justin Murphy)

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session.In this episode, a deeper look at automation and society: the sense of simulation; the ethics of artificial intelligence; the politics of the future.Theory Talk is hosted by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins, independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the theory weblog Fractal Ontology (ontology.io). We make the show because we believe thinking and writing and urgently important today. We're so glad you're thinking with us!

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session. In this episode, a deeper look at automation and society: the sense of simulation; the ethics of artificial intelligence; the politics of the future. Theory Talk is hosted by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins, independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the theory weblog Fractal Ontology (<a href="http://ontology.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ontology.io</a>). We make the show because we believe thinking and writing and urgently important today. We're so glad you're thinking with us!

Ep. 29: Simulation

In today's episode, a wide-ranging discussion about music and modes of life.Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session with Taylor Adkins and Joseph Weissman, independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the Fractal Ontology weblog (ontology.io).

In today's episode, a wide-ranging discussion about music and modes of life. Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session with Taylor Adkins and Joseph Weissman, independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the Fractal Ontology weblog (<a href="http://ontology.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ontology.io</a>).

Ep. 32: Music

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

First, post-apocalypse and the ruins of the cultural unconscious. Next: checking in on the American experiment. Support Theory Talk: <a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a>

Ep. 45: America Dreaming

Joe and Taylor are back to talk philosophy! Laruelle and Simondon; structuralism and relativity; identities and individuations; languages and ideas. In the second part, a pre-hiatus discussion of Anti-Oedipus.Support Theory Talk on Patreon: https://patreon.com/theorytalkFollow @theory_talk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theory_talk

Joe and Taylor are back to talk philosophy! Laruelle and Simondon; structuralism and relativity; identities and individuations; languages and ideas. In the second part, a pre-hiatus discussion of Anti-Oedipus. Support Theory Talk on Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a> Follow @theory_talk on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/theory_talk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theory_talk</a>

Ep. 63: Languages; Anti-Oedipus

In this episode, Joe and Taylor dig into psychoanalysis and Freud's "Beyond the Pleasure Principle". A lot of ground is covered: the death drive; repetition; automatism; the performative and speculative merits of psychoanalysis. What is the value that analysis adds to our lives? (Phaedrus looms here in the background as well, and the status of paranoia...)Recommended Reading:"Beyond the Pleasure Principle", Sigmund Freud"Phaedrus" by PlatoSee also Joe's "Phaedrus Beyond": https://fractalontology.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/phaedrus-beyond

In this episode, Joe and Taylor dig into psychoanalysis and Freud's "Beyond the Pleasure Principle". A lot of ground is covered: the death drive; repetition; automatism; the performative and speculative merits of psychoanalysis. What is the value that analysis adds to our lives? (Phaedrus looms here in the background as well, and the status of paranoia...) Recommended Reading: "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", Sigmund Freud "Phaedrus" by Plato See also Joe's "Phaedrus Beyond": <a href="https://fractalontology.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/phaedrus-beyond" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fractalontology.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/phaedrus-beyond</a>

Ep. 61: Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Gilbert Simondon's concept of disparation, discussed by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins

Ep. 3: Simondon and Disparation

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/theorytalkFollow Theory Talk on Twitter: twitter.com/theory_talkRead 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: <a href="http://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/theorytalk</a> Follow Theory Talk on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/theory_talk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/theory_talk</a> Read Fractal Ontology: <a href="http://ontology.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ontology.io</a>

Ep. 53: ATP; Guattari (Teaser)

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).

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 (<a href="https://ontology.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ontology.io</a>). 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 (<a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a>).

Ep. 39: Noumenology

Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session. In the main dialogue today, universal structures and power formations. --But first, a quick warm-up chat comparing Deleuze and Derrida.

Ep. 21: Universal Structures

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.

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 (<a href="http://twitter.com/fractalontology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/fractalontology</a>) and Taylor Adkins (<a href="http://twitter.com/tadkins613" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/tadkins613</a>), independent scholars in the humanities and founders of the theory weblog fractal ontology (<a href="http://ontology.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ontology.io</a>). Questions for Theory Talk? Connect with us on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/theory_talk!" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/theory_talk!</a> We'd love to hear from you.

Ep. 37: The Cultivation of Joy

Listen all the way to the second half for a discussion about Laruelle and Levinas with Matt Rosen! But first, Joe and Taylor begin exploring the philosophy of mathematics with Serres and Bachelard: the uncanny power of deduction; grounding formal systems; measurement schemes; the geometry of black holes. Recommended Reading"Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics", Francisco Zalamea"The Birth of Physics", Michel SerresSupport Theory Talk on Patreon: https://patreon.com/theorytalkFollow Theory Talk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theory_talk

Listen all the way to the second half for a discussion about Laruelle and Levinas with Matt Rosen! But first, Joe and Taylor begin exploring the philosophy of mathematics with Serres and Bachelard: the uncanny power of deduction; grounding formal systems; measurement schemes; the geometry of black holes. Recommended Reading "Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics", Francisco Zalamea "The Birth of Physics", Michel Serres Support Theory Talk on Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/theorytalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/theorytalk</a> Follow Theory Talk on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/theory_talk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theory_talk</a>

Ep. 64: Mathematics; Annihilation

Theory Talk is a critical thinking jam session. In the first part of this week's episode, Joe and Taylor discuss the mystery of the origin of the state; Gilgamesh and war machines; Cain and the city; inequality in Rousseau. In the second part, metallurgy; tools and weapons; malleability and nomic games; jewelry.

Ep. 11: Tools and Weapons

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.

Ep. 36: Ecology of the Concept

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