Saturday Jan 25, 2025

πŸŽ™οΈ Exploring 'Ghostbusters': A Philosophical Analysis – The Deeper Thinking Podcast

πŸŽ™οΈ Exploring 'Ghostbusters': A Philosophical Analysis – The Deeper Thinking Podcast

In this episode, we delve into a profound meditation on knowledge, power, and belief through the lens of the film Ghostbusters. We explore the film's engagement with existentialism, phenomenology, and the philosophy of science, revealing how ghosts serve as metaphors for suppressed knowledge, institutional resistance, and the limits of human understanding. Our discussion critiques bureaucracy, engages with cosmic horror, and presents a vision of reality shaped by perception and thought.

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1️⃣ Agential Realism – Karen Barad

πŸ“– Barad's exploration of how phenomena emerge through intra-actions, challenging traditional metaphysics.
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2️⃣ Horror of Philosophy – Eugene Thacker

πŸ“– Thacker examines the relationship between horror and philosophy, exploring the limits of human thought.
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3️⃣ Phenomenology of Perception – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

πŸ“– A foundational text in phenomenology, discussing perception and its role in human experience.
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4️⃣ Being and Nothingness – Jean-Paul Sartre

πŸ“– Sartre's seminal work on existentialism, exploring radical freedom and consciousness.
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5️⃣ Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings – Michel Foucault

πŸ“– A collection of Foucault’s writings on the relationship between power and knowledge.
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6️⃣ The Structure of Scientific Revolutions – Thomas Kuhn

πŸ“– Kuhn’s influential work on the history of science and paradigm shifts.
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7️⃣ Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything – Graham Harman

πŸ“– Harman’s introduction to object-oriented ontology, discussing the autonomy of objects.
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8️⃣ Posthumanism: A Critical Analysis – Rosi Braidotti

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