Christos Tombras

Christos Tombras is a supervising psychoanalyst practicing in London. He lectures, runs workshops and facilitates reading groups; his main research interest is in a dialogue between continental philosophy and psychoanalysis. His book "Discourse Ontology: Body and the Construction of a World, from Heidegger through Lacan" is out from Palgrave (2019).

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The cat on the Tehran mat

"The moment you look elsewhere, the cat will jump on it. You know that. Lessons from history."

By Christos Tombras

/ 19 Sep 2020

The cat on the Tehran mat

Nothing but

"I was not planning to write about Bulgarian politics. My focus, as promised last month, was going to be truth."

By Christos Tombras

/ 11 Aug 2020

Nothing but

Axioms of choice

Could it be that the general interpretative framework of the standard model of quantum physics is not falsifiable as per Popper?

By Christos Tombras

/ 21 Jul 2020

Axioms of choice

The Fire of Moscow

"We always have some interpretative framework. All of us. Scientists and conspiracy theorists alike."

By Christos Tombras

/ 25 Jun 2020

The Fire of Moscow

Truth, with strings attached

Why would anyone want to find a proof that the Earth is flat? Why the effort?

By Christos Tombras

/ 25 May 2020

Truth, with strings attached

Ten seconds from now

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to know what one’s intention is, both in life, and in art.

By Christos Tombras

/ 20 Apr 2020

Ten seconds from now

Cogito: of reasons and causes

We can only be invited retrospectively to interpret and understand our actions.

By Christos Tombras

/ 18 Mar 2020

Cogito: of reasons and causes

Schrödinger's cat reversed: a thought experiment

"Out of nowhere, a demon appears. That’s odd, you might think, but it’s not. Remember, we are conducting a thought experiment."

By Christos Tombras

/ 24 Feb 2020

Schrödinger's cat reversed: a thought experiment