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Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism

Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism

FromWeird Studies


Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism

FromWeird Studies

ratings:
Length:
71 minutes
Released:
Oct 31, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jorge Luis Borges's story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a metaphysical detective story, an armchair conspiracy thriller, and a masterpiece of weird fiction. In this tale penned by a true literary magician, Phil and JF see an opportunity to talk about magic, hyperstition, non-linear time, and the power of metaphysics to reshape the world. When Phil questions his co-host's animus against idealist doctrines, the discussion turns to dreams, cybernetics, and information theory, before reaching common ground with the dumbfound appreciation of radical mystery.
Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" in Ficciones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficciones)
Weird Studies, Episode 29, "On Lovecraft" (https://www.weirdstudies.com/29)
George Berkley, [A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATreatiseConcerningthePrinciplesofHumanKnowledge)_ (1710)
John Crowley, the Aegypt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gypt) tetralogy
Quentin Meillassoux, After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/after-finitude-9781441173836/)
Sir Thomas Browne, [Hydriotaphia - Urn Burial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydriotaphia,UrnBurial)
Richard Wagner, [Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DerRingdesNibelungen)_
William James, A Pluralistic Universe (http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674673915)
Karl Schroeder, "Degrees of Freedom" (https://medium.com/@aviv/degrees-of-freedom-d883f1265e89)
Weird Studies, Episode 26, "Living in a Glass Age" (https://www.weirdstudies.com/26)
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26163/26163-h/26163-h.htm)
Dogen, [Genjokoan](http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/DogenTeachings/GenjoKoan8.htm)_
Released:
Oct 31, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality."