Garcian Meditations: The Dialectics of Persistence in Forms and Object (Speculative Realism) - Softcover

Jon Cogburn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474415946 ISBN 13: 9781474415941

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The publication of Form and Object: A Treatise on Things by Tristan Garcia, Prix de Flore-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist and screenwriter, is a genuine event in the history of philosophy. Situating this event within classical, modern and contemporary dialectical space, Jon Cogburn evaluates Garcia's metaphysics, differential ontology and militant anti-reductionism through a series of seemingly incompatible oppositions: substance/process, analysis/dialectic, simple/whole and discovery/creation. Cogburn also includes a critical assessment of the consequences of Garcia's philosophy, the various unresolved problems in his treatise and the future prospects of speculative metaphysics.

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About the Author

Jon Cogburn is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Louisiana State University.

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A critical guide to Garcia’s systematic metaphysical treatise Form and ObjectThe publication of Form and Object: A Treatise on Things by Tristan Garcia, Prix de Flore-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, and screenwriter is a genuine event in the history of philosophy.Situating this event within classical, modern, and contemporary dialectical space, Jon Cogburn evaluates Garcia’s metaphysics, differential ontology, and militant anti-reductionism through a series of seemingly incompatible oppositions concerning: substance and process, analysis and dialectic, simple and whole, and discovery and creation.Cogburn also includes a critical assessment of the consequences of Garcia’s philosophy, the various unresolved problems in his treatise, and the future prospects of speculative metaphysics.Jon Cogburn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474415946
• ISBN 13: 9781474415941
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256