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.
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.
Having been struck by Descartes' evil demon thought-experiment, Jiri Benovsky began to study metaphysics to try to find a proof that the world really exists. He did not find that proof, but at least he found a job at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where he can not only go in the mountains but also spend his days thinking about things like existence, reality, personal identity, possible worlds, material objects, and time. He is the author of several books, mainly in the fields of metaphysics and aesthetics, including Meta-metaphysics: On metaphysical equivalence, primitiveness, and theory choice (2016) and Persistence through time, and across possible worlds (2006).
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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
Rezensionen
"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
"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
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