Research Action Items

Research

• Investigate the general relation of the [[ 202503040852 • Meeting with Davide on Kant#a1b2c3|mechanical to genius ]] in Kant’s philosophy.
• Explore the [[ 202503040852 • Meeting with Davide on Kant#d4e5f6|moral content of aesthetic judgment ]] in Kant’s work.
• Consider the difference between [[ 202501151217 Meeting with Davide about Aesthetics Paper|artisanal culture and aesthetic culture ]].
• Examine the distinction between [[ 202501151217 Meeting with Davide about Aesthetics Paper|taste and criticism ]], referencing Diderot, Ebert, Baudelaire, and Valery.
• Investigate the concept of [[ 202503040852 • Meeting with Davide on Kant#g7h8i9|authenticity in relation to probability ]] and aesthetic experience.
• Explore the role of [[ 202503040852 • Meeting with Davide on Kant#j0k1l2|subjectivity and ownership in relation to probability ]].
• Build up the empirics with a more robust scraping and analytic procedure, possibly involving AI for movie reviews.
• Produce an argument with a clear theoretical contribution for the aesthetics paper.
• Familiarize yourself with language that makes certain kinds of claims and debates possible.
• Trace the lineage of key terms from the essay over time.
• Establish a more robust philosophical classification to explain the disjuncture between experience as it is and as it ought to be.
• Segment the conceptual clusters in the essay and see how each fits together.
• Explore political thought through the lens of difference, responsiveness, and embodied cognition.
• Investigate the insufficiency of Kantian duties for the practice of politics.
• Engage critically with texts to explore alternative political theories.
• Study Connolly’s work on pluralization, critical engagement, and agonistic respect.
• Examine the questioning of American ontotheology in politics.
• Research the concepts in “Neuropolitics,” focusing on sentiments, technology as automation, and embodied cognition.
• Investigate [[ 202410150817 • Meeting with Davide|Humean governance as sensation-first ]] and its implications for managing bodies.
• Explore the concept of [[ 202410150817 • Meeting with Davide|property as a fiction of reason ]] in Hume’s philosophy and compare it with Rousseau’s account.
• Study Kant’s [[ 202410150817 • Meeting with Davide|rejection of probability for its moral imperfection ]] and its implications for judgment.
• Examine how [[ 202410150817 • Meeting with Davide|algorithms gamify habit and incentivize pattern recognition ]], as discussed by Foucault and Bourdieu.
• Research the impact of [[ 202410150817 • Meeting with Davide|algorithms on trust relationships and sincerity ]], focusing on how they question internality and reduce it to data points.
• Explore [[ 202410241401 • Plato and the Simulacrum|Deleuze’s concept of the virtual ]] and how it relates to Plato’s ideas.
• Investigate the [[ 202410241401 • Plato and the Simulacrum|political question of identity ]] and the logic distinctive for political and egalitarian rationality.
• Study the [[ 202410241401 • Plato and the Simulacrum|problem of political association and equality ]], and how seriality and deterritorialization occur simultaneously.
• Examine the relationship between Deleuze and Hume, and Habermas and Kant, particularly in finding alternatives to instrumental rationality.
• Research Simondon’s process model of communication and its opposition to Kantian proceduralism.

Follow-up Meetings

• Plan to meet with Sarah Kareem, Ali Bedad, and David Kim to discuss relevant topics.
• Schedule a follow-up meeting in a month to discuss the Kant book and further questions.
• Consider reaching out to Colin Koopman as a potential external reader for your dissertation.

Books to Read

• “The Origins of Kant’s Aesthetics” by Clewis.
• Works by Burke, Wolff, Hegel, Schiller, Baudelaire, Eliot, and Michael Fried.
• “The Order of Things” and Ranciere’s “Aisthesis.”
• IA Richards’ “Practice and Criticism.”
• Consider reading works by Connolly, particularly on his periods of work related to French theory, pluralization, and climate futures.
• Consider reading works by Daston, particularly on algorithms and governance.
• Look into works by Deleuze, particularly on the virtual and political theory.
• Explore writings on the Paris Commune and its implications for political association and equality.

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