Gregor Kroupa is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.Jure Simoniti is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From the metaphor of the desert island to that of the Klein bottle, these fascinating essays present multiple models of the inscription of subjectivity into reality.

• Preface by Gregor Kroupa and Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaAcknowledgements1. “Philosophical Snuff”: the Speculative Story of the Mind by Miran Božovic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia2. Leibniz’s Linguistic Realism by Gregor Kroupa, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia3. Desert Islands and the Origins of Antirealism by Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia4. To Make Truth: Ontology, Epistemology, Technology by Maurizio Ferraris, University of Turin, Italy5. The Real Scandal by Lee Braver, University of South Florida, USA6. Realism with a Straight Face: A Response to Leonard Lawlor by Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USA7. A Return to the Pre-critical? On Meillassoux’s Speculative Realism and a More General Problem by Zdravko Kobe, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia8. Meta-transcendentalism and Error-First Ontology: The Cases of Gilbert Simondon and Catherine Malabou by Adrian Johnston, University of New Mexico, USA9. On the Essence and Existence of So-called “Fictional Objects” by Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn, Germany10. Klein Bottle: Le tube de caption, or, the Subject’s Snout by Slavoj Žižek, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaNotes on contributorsIndex

Gregor Kroupa is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.Jure Simoniti is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From the metaphor of the desert island to that of the Klein bottle, these fascinating essays present multiple models of the inscription of subjectivity into reality.

• Preface by Gregor Kroupa and Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaAcknowledgements1. “Philosophical Snuff”: the Speculative Story of the Mind by Miran Božovic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia2. Leibniz’s Linguistic Realism by Gregor Kroupa, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia3. Desert Islands and the Origins of Antirealism by Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia4. To Make Truth: Ontology, Epistemology, Technology by Maurizio Ferraris, University of Turin, Italy5. The Real Scandal by Lee Braver, University of South Florida, USA6. Realism with a Straight Face: A Response to Leonard Lawlor by Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USA7. A Return to the Pre-critical? On Meillassoux’s Speculative Realism and a More General Problem by Zdravko Kobe, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia8. Meta-transcendentalism and Error-First Ontology: The Cases of Gilbert Simondon and Catherine Malabou by Adrian Johnston, University of New Mexico, USA9. On the Essence and Existence of So-called “Fictional Objects” by Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn, Germany10. Klein Bottle: Le tube de caption, or, the Subject’s Snout by Slavoj Žižek, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaNotes on contributorsIndex

Gregor Kroupa is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.Jure Simoniti is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From the metaphor of the desert island to that of the Klein bottle, these fascinating essays present multiple models of the inscription of subjectivity into reality.

• Preface by Gregor Kroupa and Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaAcknowledgements1. “Philosophical Snuff”: the Speculative Story of the Mind by Miran Božovic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia2. Leibniz’s Linguistic Realism by Gregor Kroupa, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia3. Desert Islands and the Origins of Antirealism by Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia4. To Make Truth: Ontology, Epistemology, Technology by Maurizio Ferraris, University of Turin, Italy5. The Real Scandal by Lee Braver, University of South Florida, USA6. Realism with a Straight Face: A Response to Leonard Lawlor by Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USA7. A Return to the Pre-critical? On Meillassoux’s Speculative Realism and a More General Problem by Zdravko Kobe, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia8. Meta-transcendentalism and Error-First Ontology: The Cases of Gilbert Simondon and Catherine Malabou by Adrian Johnston, University of New Mexico, USA9. On the Essence and Existence of So-called “Fictional Objects” by Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn, Germany10. Klein Bottle: Le tube de caption, or, the Subject’s Snout by Slavoj Žižek, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaNotes on contributorsIndex