A Conversation With T Virgil Murthy About Borges, Translation, and Philosophy | Ideas That Matter

Check out T. Virgil Murthy on The Addict Collective https://addictcollective.substack.com/ Get Jorge Luis Borges' Collected Fictions - https://amzn.to/46rxSuJ Want to support my work? -   / sadler   Want to study 1-on-1 with me? - https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... This is a video in my new series of 1-on-1 interviews, conducted with people who - in my view - are doing interesting work with ideas that matter, often (though not exclusively) from the field of philosophy. In this one, I have a Zoom conversation with T. Virgil Murthy, who is is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, studying philosophy of statistics and philosophy of disability. She co-runs the Addict Collective blog, and her forthcoming publications can be found in Feminist Philosophy Quarterly and Journal of Philosophy of Disability. The main focus of this conversation is the works of an author in whom we both share a strong common interest, the Argentinian speculative fiction story writer and essayist, Jorge Luis Borges. Virgil has also translated several of Borges' stories, and the activity, ends, and standards of translation are one of the topics that we explore at considerable length together. We look at a number of Borges' stories and how best to interpret them, including The Immortal, The Library of Babel, the Garden of Forking Paths, Tlön Ukbar, Orbius Tertius, and the Lottery in Babylon Our conversation goes off into other directions as well, including a very interesting and compelling interpretation Virgil provides of the Lottery in Babylon, framing it in terms of the development of a carceral state within this fictional society, and comparing it to Ursala K Leguin's story Those Who Walk Away From Omelas. We also discuss our different childhood religious education, leaving that behind for one form of disbelief or another, and coming back to some engagement with the divine, and with authors who take that seriously enough for God, religion, or faith to complicate their lives rather than provide them with answers. We also kick around the idea of what would be a very interesting multi-author book project on Borges, which may well be feasible to attempt in the coming years. If you'd like to support my work producing videos like this, become a Patreon supporter! Here's the link to find out more - including the rewards I offer backers:   / sadler   You can also make a direct contribution to help fund my ongoing educational projects, by clicking here: https://www.paypal.me/ReasonIO If you're interested in philosophy tutorial sessions with me - especially on Borges! - click here: https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... My videos are used by students, lifelong learners, other professors, and professionals to learn more about topics, texts, and thinkers in philosophy, religious studies, literature, social-political theory, critical thinking, and communications. These include college and university classes, British A-levels preparation, and Indian civil service (IAS) examination preparation (Amazon links are associate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) #Interview #Conversation #Translation #SpeculativeFiction #Borges #Philosophy #Interpretation #Metaphysics #Ethics #Society