The voiding of being the doing and undoing of metaphysics in modernity / William Desmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desmond, William, 1951- author.

Series:

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; Volume 61.

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; volume 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages).

Place of Publication:

The Catholic University of America Press, 2020. Washington :

Summary:

"The author amplifies important themes in the unfolding of modern metaphysics, exploring diverse aspects of current skepticism and offering a defense in terms of his metaxological metaphysics. Along the way he engages both the long tradition and more modern writers, such as Heidegger and Marion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Voiding of Being: On the Doing and Undoing of Metaphysics in Modernity

Analogy and the Fate of Reason

The Dearth of Astonishment: On Curiosity, Scientism, and Thinking as Negativity

Are We All Scholastics Now? On Analytic, Dialectical, and Transdialectical Thinking

Between System and Poetics: On the Practices of Philosophy

Saturated Phenomena and the Hyperboles of Being: On Marion's Postmetaphysical Thought

Being True to Mystery and Metaxological Metaphysics

Flux-Gibberish: For and against Heraclitus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8132-3249-X

9780813240527

OCLC:

1138677173