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False Negatives
Tilted Takes on a World in Flux
A collection of philosophical essays examining truth, evidence, and meaning in the post-truth age.
In an era when “alternative facts” shape public discourse and technology reshapes what we believe to be true, psychoanalyst and thinker Christos Tombras invites readers to reconsider how we know what we know. False Negatives gathers a series of brief, incisive essays—“tilted takes” written between 2019 and 2021—that navigate the shifting boundaries of politics, science, history, art, and human understanding.
Tombras, a practising Lacanian psychoanalyst, brings a rare combination of clinical insight and philosophical rigour to questions of knowledge and perception. Through vivid examples—from DeepFake videos and AI-generated art to Freud’s dreams and Gödel’s theorem—he explores the fragile relationship between truth and interpretation, reason and belief, and evidence and experience
Among the themes:
Each essay stands alone yet contributes to a larger reflection on the crisis of objectivity and our enduring desire for certainty. False Negatives is at once analytical and accessible—a philosophical companion for readers seeking clarity in a world awash with information and doubt.
About the Author
Christos Tombras is a London-based Lacanian psychoanalyst, lecturer, and writer. His work bridges psychoanalysis, philosophy, and contemporary culture. He is known for illuminating the intersections of science, art, and subjectivity in a language both precise and humane.
Praise for False Negatives
“A wonderful book: it has a subtle style, and it intricately weaves pleasure with an enormous seriousness. It deals with reasons why the world is on fire. It seeks to relate the state of the world to the expectations that people have of it, and I love the way that it highlights ‘interpretive framework’ as a key to this.”
Bernard Burgoyne
Professor Emeritus of Psychoanalysis, Middlesex University
“Once in a while, a book comes along that feels urgent to share — the kind of book that many would do well to read. False Negatives is such a book.
As the title suggests, Christos Tombras invites the reader to consider situations in which we may fail to grasp what is at stake in our lives. With humour, kindness and unwavering sharpness, the book moves through a carefully curated set of moments in which deception, belief, truth and failure, faith and perception, choice and interpretation are opened up for fresh consideration.”
Anca Carrington
Psychoanalyst and author
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