Category Archives: Cora Diamond

“How Should a Person Be?”: Sheila Heti’s imaginative philosophy

Posted on 07/04/2014 by lexipenia

I have a piece up at The Point on “imaginative philosophy” in Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be? This is an attempt to put into practice the kind of reading implied by Cora Diamond’s work on meta-ethics and literature, … Continue reading →

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Nouveaux dialogues entre littérature et philosophie

Posted on 17/03/2014 by lexipenia

For French readers, I have a review up at Acta fabula discussing questions of form in literature and philosophy. Existe‑t‑il vraiment une distinction précise entre la littérature et la philosophie ? Au moins depuis l’époque poststructuraliste, la tendance des départements … Continue reading →

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Ideology, the aesthetic, and the difficulty of reality

Posted on 03/06/2013 by lexipenia

CHICAGO, IL. – My first post from outside Berlin. I’m currently sheltered in my graduate-housing “unit”. Blog-writing has dried up recently, which is more than I can say for the weather. I’m on exchange to the US, paying my dues … Continue reading →

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