About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of realism in art and literature through the lens of Stanislaw Lem's work.

"So I think when I'm looking at you, I see you there. But I can't just explain what you are. I see you there and you could be photographed, but then after you'd been photographed, one still wouldn't know what your realism was. You'd have to find a technique by which you can give over all the pulsations of a realism of a person… I'm talking bollocks…" - Francis Bacon, The Brutality Of Fact

People in this episode

Host: Sean McTiernan

Guest: Stanislaw Lem

Topics covered

• philosophy
• realism
• art
• literature
• Stanislaw Lem

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Brutality Of Fact

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