Theoretical Puppets: K is for Knowledge, 20 November 2023 In this video, Foucault addresses a distinction crucial for his understanding of “knowledge,” namely the difference between “knowledge” in general (savoir) and “scientific knowledge” (connaissance). Knowledge tends to be something like a system of belief, even a kind of ideology. At the same time, it is …
“Theoretical Puppets” use puppets of Deleuze and Foucault to discuss social theory and philosophy Jennifer Sandlin, Boing Boing, May 10 2023. [Editor: See the Theoretical Puppets category on this blog for all the Foucault related episodes] If you’re a social theory and philosophy nerd who also loves puppets, have I got a YouTube channel for you—”Theoretical Puppets.” …
Michel Foucault on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and the Disappearance of the Human, Theoretical Puppets, 9 January 2023 This video explores the use (and potential misuse) of ChatGPT. The experimental dialog it features was created by means of this large language model. The result is baffling, seemlessly flowing in appearance but including some completely invented quotations …
Theoretical Puppets: G is for Genealogy (Michel Foucault), December 12 2022 Genealogy is a crucial concept in Foucault’s conception of historical research. Here, he explains the difference between “genealogy” and “archaeology.” He also discusses his important essay on “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History,” underscoring the importance of masquerades and “concerted carnivals.” However, he leaves open the question …
Apr 25, 2022 Foucault tries to put some order into his things. A laughing bag reminds him of the “Chinese encycopedia” described by Jorge Luis Borges. He explains the nature of the laughter caused by Borges’ “heterotopia,” while shedding some light on Nietzsche’s philosophy and the “explosion of man’s face in laughter.”
Theoretical Puppets, I is for Information Technology (Michel Foucault) Sep 27, 2021
Theoretical Puppets Michel Foucault meets Walter Benjamin, Nov 2, 2020
Michel Foucault from A to Z. Here is why Foucault had a life-long fascination with the Rorschach test and how this relates to Deleuze’s notion that thinking means folding…
Michel Foucault from A to Z. Foucault on Population, Environment, and “Umwelt”
Michel Foucault from A to Z. Foucault talks about his mentor Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995).
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