Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Ben Woodard - Bergson's Creative Evolution

Jul 4, 2023

01:30:10

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Episode notes

Introduction

5min

The Origins of the Orange Catholic Bible

3min

The Perjordives of Laurel Berkson

3min

The History of the Life Sciences

5min

The Dilemma of Darwin and Mendelian Genetics

6min

The Evolution of Instinct

4min

The Detriment of Philosophy in the Age of Elan Vetal

4min

The Role of Images in Bergson's Metaphysics

6min

The Importance of Intuition in Human Intelligence

4min

10.

The Complexification Argument in Darwin's Work

6min

11.

The Problem With Individual Agency

2min

12.

The Complexification of Intelligence

5min

13.

The Importance of Sensibility in Darwin's Theory of Evolution

3min

14.

The Anti-Adipist's Discussion of the State

2min

15.

The Evolution of Darwin's Homo Favor Claim

2min

16.

The Insensibility of Mutation

3min

17.

The Evolution of Scale and the Elan

2min

18.

The Difference Between Shelling and Bergson

4min

19.

The Evolution of Siona and the Predator

2min

20.

The Threes of Evolution

4min

21.

The Evolution of Dune

3min

22.

The Fremen and the Desert Planet

5min

23.

The Effects of Metaphysics on Perception

2min

24.

The Dune Unconscious

5min

This week Ben Woodard joined us for a discussion on Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution. Topics include, vitalism, evolution, science fiction and more. Ben Woodard is currently a research fellow at the ICI in Berlin, Germany. From 2017–20 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the IPK (Institute of Philosophy and Sciences of Art) at Leuphana University where he completed a habilitation on the analytic/continental divide in philosophy through the work of F.H. Bradley. Since 2020 Ben has lectured at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy mostly on the history, philosophy, and politics of the life sciences. In broad terms, his work focuses on the relationship between naturalism and idealism in the long 19th century. Ben also writes on science fiction and horror film and literature. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh