Critchley’s review of Meillassoux

Somehow I missed this until now… SIMON CRITCHLEY’S REVIEW OF MEILLASSOUX’S BOOK.

Just one point of detail… Despite what Critchley says here, Meillassoux has never used the term “speculative realism” for his own system. He simply agreed to appear at Goldsmiths under that umbrella term in April 2007 with the rest of us.

Meillassoux’s preferred term for his own philosophy, then and now, is “speculative materialism.” I was willing to go along with that as the name of the Goldsmiths event, even though I am definitely not a materialist myself, just because it was proving hard to come up with a suitable bulk term.

But then Brassier came up with the now-renowned “speculative realism,” which I seem to like more than the others do.