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Eliminativism, Objects, and Persons: The Virtues of Non-Existence: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

Autor Jiri Benovsky
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 dec 2020
In Eliminativism, Objects, and Persons, Jiri Benovsky defends the view that he doesn't exist. In this book, he also defends the view that this book itself doesn't exist. But this did not prevent him to write the book, and although in Benovsky's view you don't exist either, this does not prevent you to read it.
Benovsky defends a brand of non-exceptionalist eliminativism. Some eliminativists, typically focusing on ordinary material objects such as chairs and hammers, make exceptions, for instance for blue whales (that is, living beings) or for persons (that is, conscious organisms). Benovsky takes one by one all types of allegedly existing objects like chairs, whales, and persons and shows that from the metaphysical point of view they are more trouble than they are worth—we are much better off without them. He thus defends an eliminativist view about ordinary objects as well as the 'no-Self' view, where he explores connections between metaphysics, phenomenology, and Buddhist thought. He then also considers the case of aesthetic objects, focusing on musical works and photographs, and shows that the claim of their non-existence solves the many problems that arise when one tries to find an appropriate ontological category for them, and that such an eliminativist view is more natural than what we might have thought. The arguments provided here are always topic-specific: each type of entity is given its own type of treatment, thus proving a varied and solid foundation for a generalized, non-exceptionalist, full-blown eliminativist worldview.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367733704
ISBN-10: 0367733706
Pagini: 190
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction: Eliminativism: A Method
Part I: Eliminativism
1. Eliminativism and Ordinary Objects
2. Eliminativism, Common Sense, and Intuitions
3. Eliminativism, Reductionism, and Composition
4. The Fundamental Ontology of Eliminativism
Part II: The no-Self View
5. Exceptionalism
6. The Self: A Substance or a Bundle?
7. The no-Self View
8. Eliminativism, Life, and Death
Part III: Aesthetic (and Other) Objects
9. 'Upper Level' Objects, Musical Works
10. Photographs
Concluding Remarks on Eliminativism and Monism

Recenzii

"Benovsky deserves praise for the extent of his ambitions, the scope of this work, and his philosophical boldness. He is unafraid to do very sweeping aprioristic/armchair metaphysics, and unafraid to head in unfashionable and extremely rarefied directions. I think we need more of such big picture work in analytic philosophy."Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Descriere

This book defends a brand of non-exceptionalist eliminativism. Benovsky takes one by one all types of allegedly existing objects, including living beings and persons, and shows that from the metaphysical point of view we are much better off without them.