This is a list of quotes that were enjoyed from Chapter One of Ian Bogost’s Alien Phenomenology (think of it as a list of a list): Quentin Mellassoux has coined the term correlationism to described this view, one that holdsRead more…
What I Enjoyed
Intrigue, They Said
A list of quotes that intrigued us from chapter one of Bogost’s Alien Phenomenology. To proceed as a philosopher today demands the rejection of correlationism. To be a speculative realist, one must abandon the belief that human access sits atRead more…
What Troubled Me
A list of quotes from Bogost’s Alien Phenomenology, Chapter One, that caused troubles. From the perspective of cultural theory instead of philosophy, the OOO strain of speculative realism might bear some resemblance to more familiar arguments against anthropocentrism (such asRead more…