Grant Maxwell

I’m happy to share that my new book, The Philosophy of Isabelle Stengers, is out today. A paperback edition will follow. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-philo…

“The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself.” Bergson

the modern professor's feeling of warm relief and gratitude at encountering artisanal, human-crafted bad writing while grading papers

Source? @acidhorizonpod

"Sir, a second negation has negated the negation."

pov you (a grand metanarrative) are about to be subjected to deconstruction

I just released this album with my band here in Brooklyn. It’s the first music I’ve put out in a couple of decades, and I’m very proud of it. open.spotify.com/album/74974xZ8…

@Vogelfrei270 Anyone can compare a translation (or multiple translations) with the original using a translation dictionary. But the assertion that one must read philosophy in its original language is pretentious gatekeeping. Philosophy is concept creation, not boundary policing.

@grantmaxwell So long as you have the knowledge to understand the changes in the text from the original to the translation… There are people who genuinely believe the Bible was written in English. Deleuze can say this because he could read Greek.

“All mistranslations are good—always provided that they do not consist in interpretations, but relate to the use of the book, that they multiply its use, that they create yet another language inside its language.” Deleuze

“Beaufret, like Heidegger, claimed that one had to speak and think in German to truly understand his work. The following week, Deleuze proposed a sarcastic contradiction, claiming that Alfred Jarry was the French poet who not only understood but also preceded Heidegger.” Dosse

“An epoch comes to an end only because another has already begun.” François Zourabichvili (in Deleuze: A Philosophy of the Event)

“Rather, it is categories like Interesting, Remarkable, or Important that determine success or failure.” D&G

“Philosophy does not consist in knowing and is not inspired by truth.” Deleuze and Guattari

@AlbnorSejdiu Thanks, I hope you find them useful when they arrive.

@grantmaxwell Not in Kosovo: but I made a formal request in our national library to have two copies of it, alongside "Integration And Difference" too.

@KrzoskaM Ok, interesting. It should be showing up at least in the ebook edition at a lot of academic libraries soon.

@grantmaxwell Not in Germany...

@acidhorizonpod Sounds like someone needs to read a little more Deleuze.

looks like Dollar Store Rasputin needs a digital detox retreat

@RonSerious We’re probably not going to get along then.

@grantmaxwell I prefer, in the beginning there was the word.

“Language is not a property of humans, a simple practical vehicle for transmitting information: words make us think and feel.” Isabelle Stengers

@froglet80 @mouse_math cf. my reply to Daryl.

@grantmaxwell @mouse_math lmfao i hope they failed

It finally happened. I just read a student’s paper that said, “as an AI model, I do not have personal beliefs.”

@CosmicDaryl That’s totally fair.

@grantmaxwell I agree 100% with that, and I also encourage my students to use it. OTOH leaving the AI disclaimer in their submission strongly indicates mindless plagiarism. To my mind, a zero without comment or with a “come see me” leaves the door open to a useful conversation.

@CosmicDaryl Given that the vast majority of students are using AI now, I’ve decided to take a more compassionate approach and let them redo the assignment. We’re not going to be able to stop students from using it, so I think our aim should be to teach them how to use it in a reasonable way.

@grantmaxwell lol yeah I’ve seen those disclaimers on discussion posts. Give them a zero and don’t even comment. See if they ask why. If they do, tell them you’re surprised they noticed…