The Antinomy of Being / Karsten Harries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harries, Karsten, Author.

Contributor:

Moran, Dermot.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antinomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

One thing this book attempts to show is that Kant's antinomies open a way towards an overcoming of that nihilism that is a corollary of the understanding of reality that presides over our science and technology. But when Harries is speaking of the antinomy of Being he is not so much thinking of Kant, as of Heidegger. Not that Heidegger speaks of an antinomy of Being. But his thinking of Being leads him and will lead those who follow him on his path of thinking into this antinomy. At bottom, however, the author is neither concerned with Heidegger's nor Kant's thought. He shows that our thinking inevitably leads us into some version of this antinomy whenever it attempts to grasp reality in toto, without loss. All such attempts will fall short of their goal. And that they do so, Harries claims, is not something to be grudgingly accepted, but embraced as a necessary condition of living a meaningful life. That is why the antinomy of Being matters and should concern us all.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

I. The Antinomy of Being

II. The Antinomy of Truth

III. The Architecture of Reason

IV. The Devil as Philosopher

V. The Shipwreck of Metaphysics

VI. Limits and Legitimacy of Science

VII. Learning from Laputa

VIII. Abysmal Freedom and the Antinomy of Space

IX. The Antinomy of Freedom

X. The Antinomy of Time

XI. The Rediscovery of the Earth

XII. Astronoetics

XIII. Conclusion: The Snake's Promise

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110629323

3110629321

9783110625912

3110625911

OCLC:

1114775643