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However, the list of illustrious philosophers with whom Lacan entertains a dialogue also includes figures who occupy a less obvious place in Western thought. One of these figures is Blaise Pascal (1623-1664), whose famous fragment on the existence of God is repeatedly discussed in Lacan's seminar. In that "},{"_key":"cc977e41f448","_type":"span","marks":["em"],"text":"pensée"},{"_key":"1e633877e394","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":", it is argued that wagering on the existence of God is a reasonable act. 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The biopolitical approach to the body and science on the other hand is often understood in opposition to the psychoanalytic, given their apparently incommensurable approaches to the historicity or a-historicity of sexuality. This stark choice does not do justice however to Lacan’s abiding concern with the conceptual status of psychoanalysis and its relationship to philosophy, science and capitalism. In this session we will examine how sexuality, as Lacan is beginning to conceive it, occupies an ambiguous status between epistemology and ontology and ask how we may think about this in the context of advances in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience and biotechnology, realms which bring the concepts of the lathouse and alethosphere vividly into the purview of contemporary thought."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"04195b2337eb","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"c7acbce0b485","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"a00effca0aa1","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"8f595addb45a","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"8054ac8a7080","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"889296be4529","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"\n15:00–18:00"},{"_key":"16062c3175f9","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"},{"_key":"e12a53b33717","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"Close Reading\nCalum Neill"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"1a3824515365","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"2427d2076904","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"This session will provide an opportunity to explore two chapters from Lacan’s Seminar XVII. 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The biopolitical approach to the body and science on the other hand is often understood in opposition to the psychoanalytic, given their apparently incommensurable approaches to the historicity or a-historicity of sexuality. This stark choice does not do justice however to Lacan’s abiding concern with the conceptual status of psychoanalysis and its relationship to philosophy, science and capitalism. In this session we will examine how sexuality, as Lacan is beginning to conceive it, occupies an ambiguous status between epistemology and ontology and ask how we may think about this in the context of advances in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience and biotechnology, realms which bring the concepts of the lathouse and alethosphere vividly into the purview of contemporary thought."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"04195b2337eb","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"c7acbce0b485","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"a00effca0aa1","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"8f595addb45a","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"8054ac8a7080","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"889296be4529","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"\n15:00–18:00"},{"_key":"16062c3175f9","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"},{"_key":"e12a53b33717","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"Close Reading\nCalum Neill"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"1a3824515365","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"2427d2076904","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"This session will provide an opportunity to explore two chapters from Lacan’s Seminar XVII. 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However, the list of illustrious philosophers with whom Lacan entertains a dialogue also includes figures who occupy a less obvious place in Western thought. One of these figures is Blaise Pascal (1623-1664), whose famous fragment on the existence of God is repeatedly discussed in Lacan's seminar. In that "},{"_key":"cc977e41f448","_type":"span","marks":["em"],"text":"pensée"},{"_key":"1e633877e394","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":", it is argued that wagering on the existence of God is a reasonable act. 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The biopolitical approach to the body and science on the other hand is often understood in opposition to the psychoanalytic, given their apparently incommensurable approaches to the historicity or a-historicity of sexuality. This stark choice does not do justice however to Lacan’s abiding concern with the conceptual status of psychoanalysis and its relationship to philosophy, science and capitalism. In this session we will examine how sexuality, as Lacan is beginning to conceive it, occupies an ambiguous status between epistemology and ontology and ask how we may think about this in the context of advances in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience and biotechnology, realms which bring the concepts of the lathouse and alethosphere vividly into the purview of contemporary thought."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"04195b2337eb","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"c7acbce0b485","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"a00effca0aa1","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"8f595addb45a","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"8054ac8a7080","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"889296be4529","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"\n15:00–18:00"},{"_key":"16062c3175f9","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"},{"_key":"e12a53b33717","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"Close Reading\nCalum Neill"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"1a3824515365","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"2427d2076904","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"This session will provide an opportunity to explore two chapters from Lacan’s Seminar XVII. 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