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How can nothing cause something? The absence of something might seem to indicate a null or a void, an emptiness as ineffectual as a shadow. In fact, 'nothing' is one of the most powerful and effective ideas the human mind has ever conceived. This short and entertaining book is a lively tour of the history and philosophy of nothing, explaining how various thinkers throughout history have conceived and grappled with the mysterious power of absence -- and how these ideas about shadows, gaps, and holes have in turned played a positive role in the development of some of humankind's most important ideas. Filled with anecdotes, puzzles, curiosities, and philosophical speculation, the book is ordered chronologically, starting with the ancients and moving forward to the middle ages and the early modern period, then up to the existentialists and present day philosophy. The result is a diverting tour through the history of human thought, seen from a novel and unusual perspective.
How can nothing cause something? The absence of something might seem to indicate a null or a void, an emptiness as ineffectual as a shadow. In fact, 'nothing' is one of the most powerful and effective ideas the human mind has ever conceived. This short and entertaining book is a lively tour of the history and philosophy of nothing, explaining how various thinkers throughout history have conceived and grappled with the mysterious power of absence -- and how these ideas about shadows, gaps, and holes have in turned played a positive role in the development of some of humankind's most important ideas. Filled with anecdotes, puzzles, curiosities, and philosophical speculation, the book is ordered chronologically, starting with the ancients and moving forward to the middle ages and the early modern period, then up to the existentialists and present day philosophy. The result is a diverting tour through the history of human thought, seen from a novel and unusual perspective.
Über den Autor
Roy Sorensen is the author of eight books: Blindspots, Thought Experiments, Pseudo-Problems, A Brief History of the Paradox, Vagueness and Contradiction, Seeing Dark Things, and A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities. Prior to joining the UT Austin faculty in 2019, he taught at University of Delaware, New York University, Dartmouth College, and Washington University in St. Louis. Starting in 2020, he will be a Professorial Fellow at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- Nothing Represented
- 1 The Makapansgat Hominid: Pictorial Absence
- 2 Hermetes Trismegistus: Discursive Absence
- Relative Nothing
- 3 Lao Tzu: Absence of Action
- 4 Buddha: Absence of Wholes
- 5 Nagarjuna: Absence of Ground
- Absolute Nothing
- 6 Parmenides: Absence of Absence
- 7 Anaxagoras: Absence of Total Absences
- 8 Leucippus: Local Absolute Absences
- Potential Nothing
- 9 Plato: Shades of Absence
- 10 Aristotle: Potential Absence meets Absence of Potential
- 11 Lucretius: Your Future Infinite Absence
- Divine Nothing
- 12 Saint Katherine of Alexandria: Absence of Non-existent Women Philosophers
- 13 Augustine: The Evil of Absence is an Absence of Evil
- 14 Fridugisus: Synesthesia and Absences
- 15 Maimonides: The Divination of Absence
- Scientific Nothing
- 16 Bradwardine: Absence of Determination
- 17 Newton: A Safe Space for Absence
- 18 Leibniz: Absence of Contradiction
- Secular Nothing
- 19 Schopenhauer: Absence of Meaning
- 20 Bergson: The Evolution Absence
- 21 Sartre: Absence Perceived
- 22 Bertrand Russell: Absence of Referents
- References
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780199742837 |
| ISBN-10: | 0199742839 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Sorensen, Roy |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 211 x 150 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Roy Sorensen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.02.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,531 kg |
Über den Autor
Roy Sorensen is the author of eight books: Blindspots, Thought Experiments, Pseudo-Problems, A Brief History of the Paradox, Vagueness and Contradiction, Seeing Dark Things, and A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities. Prior to joining the UT Austin faculty in 2019, he taught at University of Delaware, New York University, Dartmouth College, and Washington University in St. Louis. Starting in 2020, he will be a Professorial Fellow at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- Nothing Represented
- 1 The Makapansgat Hominid: Pictorial Absence
- 2 Hermetes Trismegistus: Discursive Absence
- Relative Nothing
- 3 Lao Tzu: Absence of Action
- 4 Buddha: Absence of Wholes
- 5 Nagarjuna: Absence of Ground
- Absolute Nothing
- 6 Parmenides: Absence of Absence
- 7 Anaxagoras: Absence of Total Absences
- 8 Leucippus: Local Absolute Absences
- Potential Nothing
- 9 Plato: Shades of Absence
- 10 Aristotle: Potential Absence meets Absence of Potential
- 11 Lucretius: Your Future Infinite Absence
- Divine Nothing
- 12 Saint Katherine of Alexandria: Absence of Non-existent Women Philosophers
- 13 Augustine: The Evil of Absence is an Absence of Evil
- 14 Fridugisus: Synesthesia and Absences
- 15 Maimonides: The Divination of Absence
- Scientific Nothing
- 16 Bradwardine: Absence of Determination
- 17 Newton: A Safe Space for Absence
- 18 Leibniz: Absence of Contradiction
- Secular Nothing
- 19 Schopenhauer: Absence of Meaning
- 20 Bergson: The Evolution Absence
- 21 Sartre: Absence Perceived
- 22 Bertrand Russell: Absence of Referents
- References
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780199742837 |
| ISBN-10: | 0199742839 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Sorensen, Roy |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 211 x 150 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Roy Sorensen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.02.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,531 kg |
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