Fields of sense : a new realist ontology

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gabriel, Markus, Author.

Series:

Speculative realism Fields of sense

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontology.

Realism.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Edinburgh University Press 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new realist ontology based on the concept of fields of senseRead and download the series editor preface by Graham Harman, the preface and the introduction to Fields of Sense for free now (pdf)Graham Harman interviews Markus Gabriel about Fields of SenseRead the interview now on the Edinburgh University Press blogDownload the pdfIt is still a widespread assumption that metaphysics and ontology deal with roughly the same questions. They are supposed to be concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and to give an account of the meaning of ‘existence’ or ‘being’ in line with the broadest possible metaphysical assumptions. Against this, Markus Gabriel proposes a radical form of ontological pluralism that divorces ontology from metaphysics, understood as the most fundamental theory of absolutely everything (the world). He argues that the concept of existence is incompatible with the existence of the world and therefore proposes his innovative no-world-view.In the context of recent debates surrounding new realism and speculative realism, Gabriel also develops the outlines of a realist epistemological pluralism. His idea here is that there are different forms of knowledge that correspond to the plurality of fields of sense that must be acknowledged in order to avoid the trap of metaphysics."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editor’s Preface

Author’s Preface

Introduction

Part I: Negative Ontology

1. Zoontology

2. Existence is Not a Proper Property

3. What is Wrong with Kant and Frege?

4. Limits of Set-Theoretical Ontology and Contemporary Nihilism

5. Domains of Objects and Fields of Sense

6. Fields and the Meaning of Existence

7. The No-World-View

Part II: Positive Ontology

8. Indefinitely Many Fields of Sense

9. How Flat Can Ontology Be?

10. Actuality and Possibility

11. Modalities II: Necessity, Contingency and Logical Time

12. Forms of Knowledge: Epistemological Pluralism

13. Senses as Ways Things Are in Themselves

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-7486-9290-8