The Spectricity of Humanness: Spectral Ontology and Being-in-the-World

Zachary Isrow

Published by De Gruyter 2022

The Spectricity of Humanness

Spectral Ontology and Being-in-the-World

Zachary Isrow

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110690996

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The question of humanness requires a philosophical anthropology and we need a revision of what philosophical anthropology means in light of contemporary efforts in speculative realism and object-oriented ontology. This is the main claim of the book which expands into the smaller supporting claims that 1) contemporary work in speculative realism indicates that Heidegger’s analytic of Dasein needs to be rethought in consideration of certain Kantian values 2) recent philosophical anthropology offers an incomplete look at the central concern of philosophical anthropology, namely, the question of humanness 3) current ontological models do not account adequately for humanness, because they do not begin with humanness. From these considerations, a new ontological model better suited to account for humanness is proposed, spectral ontology. Under spectral ontology, Being is treated as a spectrum consisting of beings, nonbeings, and hyperbeings. Nonbeings, or nonrelational entities, and hyper-beings, are spectral insofar as they are like a specter which haunts the being that manifests in the world. Thus, spectral in this sense refers to both the nonrelational status of nonbeings and to an ontology which reflects such a spectrum of Being.

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Zachary Isrow, Beacon College, Leesburg, USA

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. The Rise of the Speculative and the Problem of Humanness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter Two. Dethroning the Speculative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Chapter Three. The Search for the Grounding of Metaphysics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter Four. The Ontical Modes of Dasein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter Five. The Ontological Modes of Dasein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter Six. Metaphysics of Dasein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Chapter Seven. Heidegger’s Being-in-the-World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter Eight. The Systematic Expression of Humanness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Chapter Nine. The Systematic Transcendental of Humanness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 218
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Kant; Heidegger; Speculative Realism; Object-Oriented Ontology

eBook

Published: August 22, 2022
ISBN: 9783110690996

Hardcover

Published: August 22, 2022
ISBN: 9783110690927