This is why Hegel is “the most sublime of all hysterics”: one should bear in mind that for Lacan, only hysteria produces new knowledge (in contrast to University
discourse,
which simply reproduces it).
the ultimate
ontological questions concerning reality
(Does our
universe have a limit in space and time? Is it caught in
determinism,
or is there a place for genuine contingency in it?) are today
questions
addressed by quantum cosmology; the ultimate
anthropological
questions (Are we free, i.e., do we have free will? etc.) are
addressed by
evolutionary brain science; even theology is allotted its
place within
brain science (which aims at translating spiritual and
mystical
experiences into neuronal processes). At most, what remains of
philosophy
are epistemological reflections on the process of scientific
discoveries.
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