This conversation explores the depths of Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) and its radical departure from both analytic and continental philosophy traditions. Graham Harman explains the limitations of "literalism" in science and how great philosophy relies on intuition and rhetoric rather than just rational justification. We discuss the influence of Martin Heidegger's tool analysis and the difference between "real" and "sensual" objects. We also cover the role of architecture in philosophy and why art may be the only way to touch the reality of things.
00:00 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Ontology
05:00 - Heidegger, Husserl, and Tool Analysis
09:00 - The Critique of Literalism
15:00 - Aesthetics and Metaphor
17:50 - Defining "Objects" vs. Materialism
25:00 - Sacredness and Ethical Imperatives
37:50 - Object-Object Interaction
51:19 - Flat Ontology & Human Exceptionalism
55:00 - Animal Intelligence
1:07:50 - Intuition, Truth, and Justification
1:17:50 - Theology, Mysticism, and Essence
1:31:00 - Philosophy and Architecture
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