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41Sartre's Magical Being: An Introduction by Way of an ExampleSartre Studies International 17 (2): 28-41. 2011.Sartrean conceptions of the Ego, emotions, language, and the imaginary provide a comprehensive account of "magic" that could ultimately give rise to a new philosophical psychology. By focusing upon only one of these here— the imaginary —we see that through its irrealizing capabilities consciousness contaminates the world and bewitches itself in a manner that defies simple deterministic explication. We highlight this with an explication of what Sartre means by "nihilation" and the "analogon," and…Read more
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33From Faint Mood to Strong Emotion: Merging Heidegger and Sartre?Philosophia 45 (4): 1575-1586. 2017.This paper contrasts Sartre’s account of emotion with Heidegger’s account of Befindlichkeit and ‘mood’. Sartre’s account of emotion is a strong one: emotions occur only when a more neutral and colourless ‘pragmatic attitude’ is frustrated or breaks down. In this manner, emotion has to be acutely felt in and through the body, which also means that there are many circumstances and states in which we do not undergo any emotion at all. In fact, Sartre’s ‘pragmatic attitude’ is precisely the mode in …Read more
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30Drives as Original FacticitySartre Studies International 19 (1): 1-15. 2013.By introducing 'drives' into a Sartrean framework, 'being-in-itself' is interpreted as 'Nature as such', wherein instincts dominate. Being-for-itself, on the contrary, has an ontological nature diametrically opposed to this former – indeed, in the latter realm, through a fundamental process of 'nihilation' (Sartre's 'freedom') consciousness perpetually flees itself by transcending towards the world. However, a kernel of (our) nihilated Nature is left at the heart of this process, in the form of …Read more
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26Public egos: constructing a Sartrean theory of (inter)personal relationsContinental Philosophy Review 48 (3): 273-296. 2015.Sartre’s conception of “the look” creates an ontological conflict with no real resolution with regard to intersubjective relations. However, through turning to the pages of The Transcendence of the Ego one will be able to begin constructing a rich public ego theory that can outline a dynamic and fruitful notion with regard to interpersonal relations. Such a dynamic plays itself out between the bad faith extremes of believing too much in an all-powerful look on the one hand, as well as believing …Read more
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24Phenomenology and the Challenge of VirtualityIn Joaquim Braga (ed.), Conceiving Virtuality: From Art to Technology, Springer. pp. 21-43. 2019.This piece explicates some chief modes of consciousness in phenomenology in order to show that a very significant challenge of virtuality surfaces both within, as well as outside of, the discipline. This issue is of no small importance today, where the difference between perception and imagination, real and irreal, as well as presence and absence, are all becoming increasingly vague because of new technologies and the intrinsic virtualities involved therein. In this context, the question is: Whe…Read more
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23Sartre’s Three GodsSartre Studies International 27 (1): 23-45. 2021.I argue for three different concepts of God in Being and Nothingness. First I review the relevant scholarship with regard to Sartre, religion, and God. Second I show how Sartre uses three Gods in his ontological system: God as Nature, God as radical Otherness, and God as absolute Value. Third I show that Sartre’s conception of the imaginary explains how a purer, more theoretical conception of God can be perverted into more anthropocentrised and anthropomorphised versions. Fourth I consider the c…Read more
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17Disappearing boundaries? Reality, virtuality and the possibility of “pure” mixed reality (MR)Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology 20 (1). 2020.This article argues that reality and virtuality are still very much phenomenologically distinguishable, although this might not be the case forever. I argue for two main types of virtuality – one inherently involved in the dynamic horizons of perceptual experiences, while the other is all of our experiences of digital images – in order to show that a particular possible instantiation of the latter type, namely “pure” mixed reality (MR), might come to blur and collapse various experiential catego…Read more
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14Safety Valves of the Psyche: Reading Freud on Aggression, Morality, and Internal EmotionsPhilosophies 6 (4): 86. 2021.This article argues for a Freudian theory of internal emotion, which is best characterised as key “safety valves of the psyche”. After briefly clarifying some of Freud’s metapsychology, I present an account regarding the origin of (self-)censorship and morality as internalised aggression. I then show how this conception expands and can be detailed through a defence of a hydraulic model of the psyche that has specific “safety valves” of disgust, shame, and pity constantly counteracting specific s…Read more
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14Understanding dualism through emotion: Descartes, Spinoza, SartreRevista de Filosofia Aurora 31 (54). 2019.This paper argues that a proper understanding of the epistemological and metaphysical issue of dualism can only be attained through a thoroughgoing analysis of human emotion. Indeed, it is no coincidence that three main thinkers on dualism, whether they were apparent proponents, opponents, or had a somewhat ambiguous status, were also heavily involved in understanding emotion. Ultimately, a proper comprehension of emotion shows the issue of dualism to be moot when it comes to our pre-reflective,…Read more
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11Sartre's Magical Being: An Introduction by Way of an ExampleSartre Studies International 17 28-41. 2011.Sartrean conceptions of the Ego, emotions, language, and the imaginary provide a comprehensive account of "magic" that could ultimately give rise to a new philosophical psychology. By focusing upon only one of these here—the imaginary—we see that through its irrealizing capabilities consciousness contaminates the world and bewitches itself in a manner that defies simple deterministic explication. We highlight this with an explication of what Sartre means by "nihilation" and the "analogon," and i…Read more
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11Digital Games, Image-Consciousness and SuperrealityJournal of the Philosophy of Games 4 (1). 2022.This paper argues that digital games are best understood as a type of image-consciousness (Bildbewusstein). First, I argue how our experiences of digital games are not perceptions. Second, I provide a summary of the phenomenological natures of three basic modes of consciousness in Hus-serl, Fink and Sartre—perception, phantasy and image-consciousness—in order to demonstrate that the latter ultimately finds its place between the other two. Lastly, I spell out the implications and contributions th…Read more
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10Magical Being: a Sartrean account of emotion and value, using the case of disgustDissertation, KU Leuven. 2016.The contemporary discourse on disgust takes place in a “nature-culture” debate where it is considered as a basic instinct that is nonetheless uniquely human. Herein, disgust is usually defined as an aversive, real emotion that always has a “core”, automatic physical element, which can then also be taken up onto a more abstract, moral plane. Disgust, thus considered, is often unavoidable on the “physical” level, but avoidable and damaging on the “symbolic” level. This project aims to critique som…Read more
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9Kolnai's Disgust as Violation of ValueIn Michel Delville, Andrew Norris & Viktoria von Hoffmann (eds.), Le Dégoût. Histoire, langage, esthétique et politique d'une émotion plurielle, . 2015.status: published.
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8Lack, Escape, and Hypervirtuality: On the Existential and Phenomenological Conditions for AddictionPhilosophies 7 (5): 112. 2022.This article provides the existential and phenomenological conditions for addiction by applying the concepts of lack, escape and ‘hypervirtuality’ in new ways to the subject matter. There are five sections. The first is a brief review of some of the most relevant literature. The second lists the main general characteristics of addiction, gleaned from the literature, as well as discussing a possible general definition, namely wants that have become (damaging) needs. The third provides the existen…Read more
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3Book Reviews (review)Sartre Studies International 27 (1): 129-150. 2021.Gaye Çankaya Eksen, Spinoza et Sartre: De la politique des singularités à l’éthique de générosité. Préface de Chantal Jacquet, 293 pp., 39 €, ISBN 9782406058007.François Noudelmann, Un tout autre Sartre 206 pp., €18 / €12.99, ISBN 9782072887109.The Nietzschean Mind, edited by Paul Katsafanas 475 pp., $200, ISBN: 9781138851689 and The Sartrean Mind, edited by Matthew C. Eshleman and Constance L. Mui 579 pp., $200, ISBN: 9781138295698.Caleb Heldt, Immanence and Illusion in Sartre’s Ontology of Con…Read more
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Hidden congruitiesIn Daniel O'Shiel & Viktoras Bachmetjevas (eds.), Philosophy of Humour: New Perspectives, Brill. 2023.
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Universidad Diego PortalesResearcher
Santiago, Chile
Areas of Specialization
20th Century Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
20th Century Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |