Here is a diagrammatic summary of the ontological perspective I work with, derived from Whiteheadian process philosophy with an admixture of Peircian semiotics, Buddhist metaphysics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, pragmatism, Deleuzo-Spinozan joy, and whatever else. (This builds on previous iterations like those found in Shadowing the Anthropocene, The New Lives of Images, Ecologies of the Moving Image, […]
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Diagramming process-relational theory
Posted in Philosophy, Process-relational thought, Spirit matter, tagged buddha-nature, Buddhism, Citamatta, Madhyamika Buddhism, Peirce, Peircian semiotics, process philosophy, process-relational theory, Tiantai, Whitehead, Yogacara on July 3, 2026 | 4 Comments »
The four ontological aces
Posted in Philosophy, Spirit matter, tagged apophaticism, Buddhism, C. S. Peirce, eco-ethico-aesthetics, epistemology, Four Truths, G. I. Gurdjieff, Graham Harman, Heidegger, Nagarjuna, object-oriented ontology, Ontology, Peirce, process-relational ontology, quadrinity, Three Truths, Tiantai, triadism, Two Truths, Zhiyi on May 25, 2021 | 6 Comments »
Buddhism has its “Two Truths” and its “Three Truths“: the “Two” were made famous by Indian philosopher Nagarjuna; the “Three” a little less famous by Chinese philosopher Zhiyi. About a year ago, I offered up four perspectives on mortality, and here I want to make the case that they could be seen as a kind […]
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