Cameron's Book Reviews: 2022, part 2.

I read quite a few books the past few months, and they were almost all quite good. That being said, it’s almost time for finals, so pardon me for being brusque or brief. Title links go to Bookshop.org.

The Gap Between Memory and Identity: Scattered Notes

So let’s shake the metaphorical etch-a-sketch and look at one of the central questions of Blade Runner that the “is Deckard a Replicant?” issue really serves as a stalking horse for: What is the relationship between memory and identity?

We Have Always Been Postmodern.

This is a variation of the Is/Ought problem, which is frankly one of the most frustrating things in the field of philosophy, and something that postmodern philosophy in general suffers from. I’m writing, of course, about the phenomenon where a writer will sit down and describe what is the case with something, and readers, critics, and commentators will then insist that the writer is describing not what actually exists, but what ought to be the case.