web01.fireside.fm Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:15:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Jorge Luis Borges” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/jorge%20luis%20borges Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:15:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism https://www.weirdstudies.com/32 c8d6e38c-721b-4565-8c42-c5c308dd75d7 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:15:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 32 Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF discuss the classic tale, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. 1:10:44 yes <p>Jorge Luis Borges's story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a metaphysical detective story, an armchair conspiracy thriller, and a masterpiece of weird fiction. In this tale penned by a true literary magician, Phil and JF see an opportunity to talk about magic, hyperstition, non-linear time, and the power of metaphysics to reshape the world. When Phil questions his co-host's animus against idealist doctrines, the discussion turns to dreams, cybernetics, and information theory, before reaching common ground with the dumbfound appreciation of radical mystery.</p> <p>Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" in <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficciones" rel="nofollow noopener">Ficciones</a></em><br> Weird Studies, Episode 29, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/29" rel="nofollow noopener">"On Lovecraft"</a><br> George Berkley, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Treatise_Concerning_the_Principles_of_Human_Knowledge" rel="nofollow noopener">A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge</a></em> (1710)<br> John Crowley, the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gypt" rel="nofollow noopener">Aegypt</a></em> tetralogy<br> Quentin Meillassoux, <em><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/after-finitude-9781441173836/" rel="nofollow noopener">After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency</a></em><br> Sir Thomas Browne, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydriotaphia,_Urn_Burial" rel="nofollow noopener">Hydriotaphia - Urn Burial</a></em><br> Richard Wagner, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen" rel="nofollow noopener">Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)</a></em><br> William James, <em><a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674673915" rel="nofollow noopener">A Pluralistic Universe</a></em><br> Karl Schroeder, <a href="https://medium.com/@aviv/degrees-of-freedom-d883f1265e89" rel="nofollow noopener">"Degrees of Freedom"</a><br> Weird Studies, Episode 26, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/26" rel="nofollow noopener">"Living in a Glass Age"</a><br> Henri Bergson, <em><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26163/26163-h/26163-h.htm" rel="nofollow noopener">Creative Evolution</a></em><br> Dogen, <em><a href="http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/GenjoKoan8.htm" rel="nofollow noopener">Genjokoan</a></em></p> jorge luis borges, tlön uqbar orbis tertius, idealism, metaphysics Jorge Luis Borges's story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a metaphysical detective story, an armchair conspiracy thriller, and a masterpiece of weird fiction. In this tale penned by a true literary magician, Phil and JF see an opportunity to talk about magic, hyperstition, non-linear time, and the power of metaphysics to reshape the world. When Phil questions his co-host's animus against idealist doctrines, the discussion turns to dreams, cybernetics, and information theory, before reaching common ground with the dumbfound appreciation of radical mystery.

Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" in Ficciones
Weird Studies, Episode 29, "On Lovecraft"
George Berkley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710)
John Crowley, the Aegypt tetralogy
Quentin Meillassoux, After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency
Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia - Urn Burial
Richard Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)
William James, A Pluralistic Universe
Karl Schroeder, "Degrees of Freedom"
Weird Studies, Episode 26, "Living in a Glass Age"
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Dogen, Genjokoan

]]> Jorge Luis Borges's story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a metaphysical detective story, an armchair conspiracy thriller, and a masterpiece of weird fiction. In this tale penned by a true literary magician, Phil and JF see an opportunity to talk about magic, hyperstition, non-linear time, and the power of metaphysics to reshape the world. When Phil questions his co-host's animus against idealist doctrines, the discussion turns to dreams, cybernetics, and information theory, before reaching common ground with the dumbfound appreciation of radical mystery.

Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" in Ficciones
Weird Studies, Episode 29, "On Lovecraft"
George Berkley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710)
John Crowley, the Aegypt tetralogy
Quentin Meillassoux, After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency
Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia - Urn Burial
Richard Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)
William James, A Pluralistic Universe
Karl Schroeder, "Degrees of Freedom"
Weird Studies, Episode 26, "Living in a Glass Age"
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Dogen, Genjokoan

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