In this ep, we discuss Derrida's "White Mythology." Some themes and talking points: - metaphor as an organizing principle of philosophy- how to ground or "unground" a philosophical system- catachresis vs metaphor- Hegel vs Derrida - Heide

S4 EP 9 - Dr. Brooke Rollins / Decisions and Responsibility in Sports and in Life

Feb 8th, 2023 1h 14m

In this special episode, Dr. Brooke Rollins, an Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University, joins the Thinking With crew to discuss Derrida's "Nietzsche and the Machine" interview, as well as Brooke's research in risk, gambling, analyt

S4 EP 8 - From Restricted to General Economy

Feb 1st, 2023 55m 59s

In this ep, we talk through Derrida's essay, "From Restricted to General Economy: A Hegelianism Without Reserve." Much of this episode is dedicated to teasing the orientational differences between Hegel and Derrida, as well as the difficulties

S4 EP 7 - Structure, Sign, and Play

Jan 25th, 2023 53m 54s

In this episode, we discuss Derrida's essay, "Structure, Sign, and Play." Topics covered include: - the relationship between ethnocentrism and metaphysics- our culpability in metaphysical structures of engagement- Derrida’s version of rigor

S4 EP 6 - Signature Event Context

Jan 18th, 2023 56m 17s

In this episode, we talk through Derrida's "Signature Event Context," which is primarily a reading and extension of J.L. Austin's How to Do Things with Words. Our conversation covers, among other things, Derrida's notion of iterability, Austin'

S4 EP 5 - Plato's Pharmacy II

Jan 12th, 2023 51m 40s

First ep of 2023! We took a lil break for the holidays. In this ep, we're talking about Derrida's "Plato's Pharmacy" again, among other things. Good episode -- no effort in the episode description.

S4 EP 4 - Plato's Pharmacy - The Limits of the Text

Dec 21st, 2022 47m 20s

In this episode, Nathaniel, John, and Nate talk through the first half of Derrida's "Plato's Pharmacy."

S4 EP 3 - Grammatology: Under Erasure

Dec 14th, 2022 1h 5m

In this episode, we talk through the first 25 pages of Derrida's Of Grammatology: - the primacy of writing - embeddedness of metaphysics - who needs Saussure anymore? - signifiers, signifieds, and signifier/signifieds - writing instruction

S4 EP 2 - An Itinerant Episode

Dec 7th, 2022 44m 50s

We cover a lot of ground in this episode, but not a lot of this ground is tied directly to Derrida. In the beginning of the episode, we talk about the dynamics of appropriation, math, physics, the terminology of becoming, and Heraclitus. Toward

S4 EP 1 - "Différance"

Nov 30th, 2022 1h 11m

Thinking With... is back! This season, we cover a variety of Derrida's texts, including "Différance," Of Grammatology, "Plato's Pharmacy," "Signature Event Context," "From General to Restricted Economy," "Nietzsche and the Machine," and "White

S3 EP 10 - Outtakes

Jun 21st, 2022 43m 52s

Sampled conversations from previously recorded episodes on Heidegger that did not make the cut (but are still potentially worth your time).

S3 EP 9 - What Counts as Philosophy

Jun 14th, 2022 47m 54s

0:00-16:00as thinkers of movement, why don’t Hegel and Heidegger use the term, “becoming”?Heidegger’s celebrating of ancient Greek thoughtthe duality of “Being” and “being”the performative undercurrent of representational thinking16:

S3 EP 8 - How to NOT Answer Questions

Jun 7th, 2022 1h 4m

0:00-13:00thinking as perceivingdwelling in the problematicslogans in philosophyH’s notion that philosophical questions cannot (structurally) have answers13:00-19:00thinking the movement of thinkingrendering the unthought thinka

S3 EP 7 - Beating the Authenticity Horse Again

May 24th, 2022 58m 46s

0:00-13:00teaching deconstructive moves in the classroommeta-reflectionNathaniel’s exploratory essay assignment13:00-27:00AF / AM critical discourseTeaching Ta Nehisi Coatesan argument in favor of difficult writing27:00-46:0

S3 EP 6 - Teaching Constructivism (Provisionally)

May 17th, 2022 1h 3m

0:00-16:00Heidegger’s central questiondiagnosing representational thinkingpropriety / purity in Heideggerthe fascism built into the text16:00-38:00Heidegger’s disdain for commonness and traditional thinkingdifferences between

S3 EP 5 – Heidegger's Eternal Return

May 11th, 2022 1h

The Heidegger Files: What is Called Thinking? By Martin Heidegger Lecture XWith: Nate DeProspo, John Muckelbauer, & Nathaniel StreetTime Complicates Being, Eternal Return of the Same, Deliverance from Revenge, Let Will be Will (Start-11:55)

S3 EP 4 - The Most Profound Thought

May 4th, 2022 1h 10m

0:00-13:00teaching on zoomunpacking theory for studentslectures 9 and 10what makes Heidegger and this text so compellinghow Heidegger rehabilitates Nietzsche13:00-24:00the “treasure of metaphysics” for Heideggerhow Heidegger

S3 EP 3 - Training the Last Metaphysician

Apr 26th, 2022 48m 56s

0:00-4:00Nate trying to learn the game, “Go”John’s golf game4:00-20:00instinct or “feel” vs analysis / cognitionHeidegger’s commitment to authenticity (and to pluralism / becoming)Heidegger’s strange etymological interpretation of

S3 EP 2 - Mood Playlists in Philosophy

Apr 19th, 2022 1h 3m

0:00-4:00The therapeutics of reading philosophy4:00-9:00Heidegger’s pace and stylepreliminary reflections on H’s notion of authenticityessences of being and thinking9:00-23:00critique of representational or technological langu

S3 EP 1 - Heidegger: Affirmations and Irritations

Apr 12th, 2022 1h 22m

The Heidegger FilesFocus: What is Called Thinking? By Martin Heidegger Lectures I, II, IIIWith: Nate DeProspo, John Muckelbauer, & Nathaniel StreetOpening Gambit: Thinking is not simply a mental event but always emerges in-relation; the irks

S2 EP 14 - Aparallel Evolution and Other Pedagogies

Sep 21st, 2021 1h 15m

In the season finale of Deleuzecast, we talk through the appendix of Deleuze’s Logic of Sense: "The Simulacrum and Ancient Philosophy."0:00-14:00difference and identityatomismclinamen14:00-23:00color and perceptioncolor as object

S2 EP 13 - The Answer

Sep 14th, 2021 1h 1m

Focus The Logic of Sense “Twenty-Sixth Series of Language,” “Thirty-Third Series of Alice’s Adventures” and “Thirty-Fourth Series of Primary Order and Secondary Organization”With: “Nate DeProspo, John Muckelbauer, & Nathaniel StreetNathaniel

S2 EP 12 – Same Same, but Different ~or~ To Infinitive, But Not Beyond

Sep 7th, 2021 1h 18m

Focus The Logic of Sense “Twenty-Fourth Series of the Communication of Events”With: Caddie Alford, Nate DeProspo, John Muckelbauer, & Nathaniel StreetJohn Discovers Conditioner (Start–2:20)Deleuze Contra Hegel; Productivity of Distance (2:

S2 EP 11 – Hard Times with Time

Aug 30th, 2021 1h 14m

Focus: Logic of Sense “22nd Series – Porcelain and Volcano” and “23rd Series of the Aion”With: Nate DeProspo, John Muckelbauer, and Nathaniel StreetHard Times with Time (Start – 5:45)Derrida and the Deconstructed Present; Vulgar Time (6:00-1

S2 EP 10 - No Affirmation. Not Now

Aug 23rd, 2021 1h 11m

Focus: Logic of Sense "Twentieth Series on the Moral Problem in Stoic Philosophy" and "Twenty-First Series of the Event"With: Nate DeProspo, John Muckelbauer, and Nathaniel Streethair / beard carepedagogical approaches to intro classes /