James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsKant and the Art of BMW Maintenance: From German Idealism to German Engineering.IntroductionJun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsMetaphysical Logic and The Interpretation of DreamsIn his On Dreams (1901), Sigmund Freud puts forward the fascinating theory that we do not sleep in order to dream but that we dream in…May 1, 20211May 1, 20211
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsPointing Towards Christ: Prefigurations of Christian Teleology in the Early Greek ThinkersIntroductionMay 1, 2021May 1, 2021
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsThe Hard Problem of ConscientiousnessRecently, a few of the online course makers I follow have been writing and vlogging about their experiences pursuing a viable and…Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2021
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsKant’s Project in the Critique of Pure Reason and its Implications for Scientific TheoriesMy own understanding of Kant’s project is that he was trying to determine how it is possible that we can reason about phenomena about…Mar 29, 20211Mar 29, 20211
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsZarathustra’s Ape: How He Became What He WasThat morning, Peter* woke up feeling down again. Yet he dragged himself out of bed and headed to the marketplace to see the tightrope…Jan 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsNecro-Ethics Part 10. Skin in the Game: Drones & War without WarfareHaving now explored several key themes of Gregoire Chamayou’s critique of drone warfare in the previous sections of this digest, it is…Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsNecro-Ethics Part 9. Mechanised Atrocity and the Death of the Subject‘A robot commits a war crime. Who is responsible?’ (Chamayou, 2015, p.210)Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsNecro-Ethics Part 8. Drones and the Divine Right of Kings: Rousseau vs. HobbesA central theme of the previous posts in this exploration of Gregoire Chamayou’s Drone Theory (2015) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) has been the…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
James Simpkin's Micro-LiberationsIndieThinkers Annual Progress ReviewIn November last year I signed up for Justin Murphy’s IndieThinkers. My main reason for doing this was to give the final stretch of my…Nov 14, 2020Nov 14, 2020