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It interests me that the ‘vertigo’ () and ‘terror’ () that an understanding of the PLA in later tends to induce has no obvious counterpart in ’s seeming with respect to the ‘’. Hume didn’t engender that vertigo (perhaps in Kant?) despite the extremes to which his ‘sceptical’ challenge pushed us. Hume’s was a concrete piece of faculty . Witters denied us the option of snubbing that vison of the .

Time for an #introduction – I've been occupied setting up zirk.us for #arts and #humanities people last week!

I'm a PhD student in #literature and #philosophy at the FU Berlin, writing on the status of "ethical" literary criticism after poststructuralism. I argue that Stanley #Cavell and New #Wittgenstein philosophers offer a better alternative than "neo-humanist" and "deconstructive" approaches.

When I'm done I hope to dedicate more time to creative #writing activities.

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