Non-being : new essays on the metaphysics of non-existence /

Nonexistence is ubiquitous, yet mysterious. This volume explores some of the most puzzling questions about non-being and nonexistence, from metaphysics to ethics and beyond: the contributors offer answers from diverse philosophical perspectives, drawing on analytic, continental, Buddhist, and Jewish...

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New essays on the metaphysics of non-existenc
Ontological pluralism about non-being /
Nothingness and the ground of reality: Heidegger and Nishida /
Thales' riddle of the night /
Something from nothing: why some negative existentials are fundamental /
Against Gabriel: on the non0existence of the world /
How can Buddhists prove that non-existent things do not exist? /
How ordinary objects fit into reality /
The cosmic void /
Ballot ontology /
Something out of nothing: what Zeno could have taught Parmenides /
Ex nihilo nihil fit: an argument for anti-nihilism /
Ostrich actualism /
Saying nothing and thinking nothing /
Why it matters what might have been /
Explanatory relevance and the doing/allowing distinction /
Responsibility and the metaphysics of omissions /
Death's shadow lightened /
Hauptverfasser:
Goldschmidt, Tyron, Bernstein, Sara
Weitere Verfasser:
Goldschmidt, Tyron (HerausgeberIn), Bernstein, Sara (Philosopher) (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Nonexistence is ubiquitous, yet mysterious. This volume explores some of the most puzzling questions about non-being and nonexistence, from metaphysics to ethics and beyond: the contributors offer answers from diverse philosophical perspectives, drawing on analytic, continental, Buddhist, and Jewish philosophical traditions.
Umfang:
1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-188138-4
0-19-258516-9
Schlagworte:
Nonexistent objects (Philosophy)
Existentialism.
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