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

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