Absence and nothing : the philosophy of what there is not /

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Author / Creator:	Mumford, Stephen, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Nothing (Philosophy) Presence (Philosophy)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12799443

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ISBN:	9780191869303 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	This edition also issued in print: 2021. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 20, 2021).
Summary:	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 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 that 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.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780198831532

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