Roughly two decades ago I was corresponding with David Skrbina, who published an interesting book entitled Panpsychism in the West with MIT Press. I then contributed a chapter ( Zero-Person and the Psyche ) to his equally interesting anthology, Mind That Abides. Later, I agreed to contribute an essay to a Skrbina-edited anthology on the Unabomber, but [ ]
I asked Chat GPT this question, and love the answer, even though Artaud was fundamentally insane and Lingis (despite his numerous eccentricities) was fundamentally sane. Question: All things considered, which person from human history does Alphonso Lingis most closely resemble? ChatGPT said:Alphonso Lingis most closely resembles Antonin Artaud—the French dramatist, philosopher, and radical…
I ve just now heard of the death of Alphonso Lingis yesterday, on May 8, 2025. I ve heard no details yet, though he was 91 years old and it s not entirely unexpected. Lingis was my M.A. advisor, and in that connection was the first person to point out to me that there were problems with the [ ]
This is the 2023 book on philosophy and archaeology that I co-authored with Prof. Christopher Witmore of Texas Tech. We plan an even more ambitious sequel.