All thoughts are equal : Laruelle and nonhuman philosophy / John Ó Maoilearca.
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TextSeries: Posthumanities ; 34.Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015Description: 384 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780816697359 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Laruelle, François | Animals (Philosophy) | Philosophical anthropology | Philosophy | PhilosophyDDC classification: 194 Summary: 'All Thoughts Are Equal' is both an introduction to the work of French philosopher François Laruelle and an exercise in nonhuman thinking. For Laruelle, standard forms of philosophy continue to dominate our models of what counts as exemplary thought and knowledge. By contrast, what Laruelle calls his 'non-standard' approach attempts to bring democracy into thought, because all forms of thinking - including the nonhuman - are equal. This book examines how philosophy might appear when viewed with non-philosophical and nonhuman eyes. He does so by refusing to explain Laruelle through orthodox philosophy, opting instead to follow the structure of a film as an example of the non-standard methods.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'All Thoughts Are Equal' is both an introduction to the work of French philosopher François Laruelle and an exercise in nonhuman thinking. For Laruelle, standard forms of philosophy continue to dominate our models of what counts as exemplary thought and knowledge. By contrast, what Laruelle calls his 'non-standard' approach attempts to bring democracy into thought, because all forms of thinking - including the nonhuman - are equal. This book examines how philosophy might appear when viewed with non-philosophical and nonhuman eyes. He does so by refusing to explain Laruelle through orthodox philosophy, opting instead to follow the structure of a film as an example of the non-standard methods.
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