Object-Oriented Ontology & the Nature of Reality with Graham Harman

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Graham Harman on Object-Oriented Ontology and its implications in philosophy and reality.

This conversation explores the depths of Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) and its radical departure from both analytic and continental philosophy traditions. Graham Harman explains the limitations of "literalism" in science and how great philosophy relies on intuition and rhetoric rather than just rational justification. We discuss the influence of Martin Heidegger's tool analysis and the difference between "real" and "sensual" objects. We also cover the role of architecture in philosophy and why art may be the only way to touch the reality of things. 00:00 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Ontology 05:00 - Heidegger, Husserl, and Tool Analysis 09:00 - The Critique of Literalism 15:00 - Aesthetics and Metaphor 17:50 - Defining "Objects" vs. Materialism 25:00 - Sacredness and Ethical Imperatives 37:50 - Object-Object Interaction 51:19 - Flat Ontology & Human Exceptionalism 55:00 - Animal Intelligence 1:07:50 - Intuition, Truth, and Justification 1:17:50 - Theology, Mysticism, and Essence 1:31:00 - Philosophy and Architecture www.anagogepodast.com Follow me to get updates on the podcast and my work: https://substack.com/@tiagovf https://www.instagram.com/tiagobooks/ The intro song is…

People in this episode

Host: Tiago Vasconcelos

Guest: Graham Harman

Topics covered

• Object-Oriented Ontology
• philosophy
• aesthetics
• metaphor
• architecture
• ethics

Keywords

• Object-Oriented Ontology
• philosophy
• Heidegger
• literalism
• aesthetics
• architecture
• ethics
• intuition
• metaphor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anagoge Podcast, Impossible Parade, Lief Sjostrom

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