My book is published today.  I am keen to gage reactions to the book because it was intended to intervene in current debates including those concerning the way we read Kant, transcendental arguments and the nature of Deleuze’s thought.  I cannot help wondering what the response will be to my approach.  I give a close reading of parts of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason in an attempt to ‘return to basics’, trying to understand the starting point of this book and the nature of the ‘ar...

I am currently working on an introductory lecture on architectonics which I will be delivering in Zurich next week.  I am always struck by the way in which this subject makes one return to the basics of philosophy.  A concern with the foundation, or lack of foundation, of knowledge is refreshing.  One has to think about whether philosophy has, or should have, solid ground beneath its feet.  It may be argued that this is too simple and naïve in its approach given the advances made in philosop...

An obsession with measuring activity means that it needs to be obvious and unmistakable.  This is the only way we can be sure about it and calm our fears.  When it comes to teacher training, such as course I am currently undertaking, it is often assumed that one is passive when one is listening.  ‘Lecturing is the least effective form of teaching’, we assume.  It is supposed that we retain the least information if we are listening.  We must ask ‘Are my students active?’  We must prove...

My book is published today.  I am keen to gage reactions to the book because it was intended to intervene in current debates including those concerning the way we read Kant, transcendental arguments and the nature of Deleuze’s thought.  I cannot help wondering what the response will be to my approach.  I give a close reading of parts of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason in an attempt to ‘return to basics’, trying to understand the starting point of this book and the nature of the ‘ar...

I am currently working on an introductory lecture on architectonics which I will be delivering in Zurich next week.  I am always struck by the way in which this subject makes one return to the basics of philosophy.  A concern with the foundation, or lack of foundation, of knowledge is refreshing.  One has to think about whether philosophy has, or should have, solid ground beneath its feet.  It may be argued that this is too simple and naïve in its approach given the advances made in philosop...

An obsession with measuring activity means that it needs to be obvious and unmistakable.  This is the only way we can be sure about it and calm our fears.  When it comes to teacher training, such as course I am currently undertaking, it is often assumed that one is passive when one is listening.  ‘Lecturing is the least effective form of teaching’, we assume.  It is supposed that we retain the least information if we are listening.  We must ask ‘Are my students active?’  We must prove...