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Absence and Nothing - The Philosophy of What There is Not (Hardcover)
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Absence and Nothing - The Philosophy of What There is Not (Hardcover)
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Nothing is not. Yet it seems that we invoke absences and nothings
often in our philosophical explanations. Negative metaphysics is on
the rise. It has been claimed that absences can be causes, there
are negative properties, absences can be perceived, there are
negative facts, and that we can refer to and speak about nothing.
Parmenides long ago ruled against such things. Here we consider how
much of Parmenides' view can survive. A soft Parmenidean
methodology is adopted in which we aim to reject all supposed
negative entities but are prepared to accept them, reluctantly, if
they are indispensable and irreducible in our best theories. We
then see whether there are any negative entities this survive this
test. Some can be dismissed on metaphysical grounds but other
problems are explained only once we reject another strand in
Parmenides and show how we can think and talk about nothing.
Accounts of perception of absence, empty reference, and denial are
gathered. With these, we can show how no truthmakers are required
for negative truths since we can have negative beliefs, concerning
what-is-not, without what-is-not being part of what is. This
supports a soft ontological Parmenideanism, which accepts much
though not all of Parmenides' original position.
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