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Nihil Unbound: Naturalism and Anti-Phenomenological Realism

by Ray Brassier

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Where much contemporary philosophy seeks to stave off the "threat" of nihilism by safeguarding the experience of meaning--characterized as the defining feature of human existence--from the Enlightenment logic of disenchantment, this book attempts to push nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by forging a link between revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy and anti-phenomenological realism in recent French philosophy. Contrary to an emerging "post-analytic" consensus which would bridge the analytic-continental divide by uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein against the twin perils of scientism and skepticism, this book short-circuits both traditions by plugging eliminative materialism directly into speculative realism.

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This book pushes nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by linking revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy with anti-phenomenological realism in French philosophy. Contrary to the 'post-analytic' consensus uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein against scientism and scepticism, this book links eliminative materialism and speculative realism.

About the Author

RAY BRASSIER is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research for Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex University, London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction * PART I: DESTROYING THE MANIFEST IMAGE * Eliminative Materialism and Scientific Realism * Being No-One * The Thanatosis of Enlightenment * The Enigma of Realism * PART II: THE ANATOMY OF NEGATION * The Anti-Phenomenon * Being-Nothing * PART III: THE END OF TIME * The Pure and Empty Form of Death * Solar Catastrophe * Conclusion

Product Details

ISBN:
9780230522046
Author:
Brassier, Ray
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
Subject:
Phenomenology
Subject:
Movements - Existentialism
Subject:
Movements - Phenomenology
Subject:
Realism
Subject:
Nihilism (Philosophy)
Subject:
General
Subject:
Metaphysics
Subject:
Philosophy : General
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
20071031
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Pages:
275
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.50 in

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This book pushes nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by linking revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy with anti-phenomenological realism in French philosophy. Contrary to the 'post-analytic' consensus uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein against scientism and scepticism, this book links eliminative materialism and speculative realism.
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