"Anthropomorphisation" is still rather preciously treated as a category error. This itself is a mistake—it is the very form of teleological judgement. We imagine things beyond ourselves to have purposes/ends in order that we can cognise their means (see Kant on intrinsic physical

Alexandre Kojève, The Idea of Determinism, trans. Robert B. Williamson, St Augustine's Press, July 2025 staugustine.net/9781587313929/…

This month we have also launched an OPEN CALL for publication in our site (Deadline Sep 1st // Link below), seeking researchers, artists, curators and writers. Submissions should explore how the intersection of language, algorithmic processes, and experimental aesthetic

Interview I did with Diffractions about geography as self-portraiture, how to build fun philosophical narratives and a bunch of other things

I suffer from the horrible feeling when you realize you've consistently misused a word for years.

Philosophers have reasons to write apocalyptic texts whose contents are not to be shared.

How can a theory erase the subject while still requiring a subject to think it? Why do our oldest stories seem to anticipate this terror in advance? In this essay, Carl Olsson (Carl Olsson) uses Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood to stage eliminative materialism as a

This December, the Japanese translation of Ray Brassier’s Nihil Unbound will see the light of day, rendered into our language by Hifumi Nakayama. I await it with great anticipation, as though preparing to step into a vast abyss of thought.

the cetacean solution to life's problems

NEW PREPRINT My 1st dive into outer space ethics: 1) Comparing conservationist & constructivist paradigms in planetary protection (e.g. COSPAR policy papers), 2) grounding earth-space governance in recent findings about the evolution of planets & life arxiv.org/abs/2508.20145

📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 🔎1-year PDRA King's College London on Sensory Lives Project ℹ️ Will support and co-design UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation. jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/pos…

As part of Fall/Winter 2025–26 Season, we present our Seminar "Animals Against Earth and the question of Planetarity" by Carl Olsson. The Scholarship Applications for our Certificate Program are open until September 16! thenewcentre.org/seminars/the-q…

Starting September 27 - excited to discuss my work in progress on the anti-planetary trend we're living