A collection of essays about the relationship of philosophy and language, arguing (with lots of evidence) that the structures of languages can both limit and enable certain ways of thinking philosophically.

Think of the influence African art and music have had on avant-garde painting and sculpture in the early twentieth century or the emergence of jazz as a musical language. There is no reason why philosophy should not go through a similar development.” 4/x, end.

which actually exist and are used in certain natural languages, can become a powerful tool for our own philosophizing because it allows us to free ourselves from the constraints, which the language(s) we grew up with normally pose to our thinking. 3/x

of the Georgian language would most probably never be asked. With good reason, the reader might grunt at this point, but please bear with me: one of the things that I intend to show in this book is precisely that the knowledge of the grammatical possibilities, 2/x

“While it would perhaps still be understandable how Jacques Derrida’s views on life and death relate to the understanding of what Buddhist praxis means for Dōgen, the question of how both of these might be affected by the discussion of specific grammatical structures 1/x

Freue mich sehr! Auch eine deutsche Übersetzung wird aber ganz bald erscheinen, hoffentlich noch in diesem Jahr.

Kas seni ei tähendanud saluut siiski ilutulestikku?

In Russia, corrupt oligarchs get what they want if they loyally support the Führer. Apparently, the same is happening in the US. In Russia, the parliament votes for whatever bullshit is proposed by the Führer. Apparently, the same is happening in the US. 2/2

In Russia, corrupt oligarchs get what they want if they loyally support the Führer. Apparently, the same is happening in the US. In Russia, the parliament votes whatever bullshit is proposed by the Führer. Apparently, the same is happening in the US. 2/2

I have this problem all the time. And now the deadlines are so short, too. You virtually have to drop everything and start reading them as soon as they arrive.

Finally!