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Critical Notice of Alva Noë's Varieties of Presence.
(in progress). Provisionally for Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
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MA thesis at San Jose State University (2005)
This thesis is an investigation of “exemplar technologies” and why it is that technology in general has a significant... more This thesis is an investigation of “exemplar technologies” and why it is that technology in general has a significant impact on our knowledge and experience of the world. Towards this end the phenomenological position of Samuel Todes is presented to establish the framework within which we encounter technology. Along with this phenomenological position the epistemological insight of Thomas Kuhn in his idea of exemplar is examined and brought to bear on the issue of technology.
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My claim is that Nietzsche’s Übermensch may be approached as more than merely a rhetorical relic of 19th Century... more My claim is that Nietzsche’s Übermensch may be approached as more than merely a rhetorical relic of 19th Century German Romanticism. His controversial, elusive idea is highly metaphorical and emotionally charged, yet if reconstructed responsibly, it may also be thought in a literal, indeed scientific, manner. I argue that this, ironically, adheres to the spirit of Nietzsche’s text.
