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Nihilism and Metaphysics: The Third Voyage

By Vittorio Possenti , Daniel B. Gallagher (transl.)

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1438452071, 9781438452074
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2762254 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy
Pages
408\426
Time added
2016-03-17 17:03:23

Description

Challenging the idea that nihilism has supplanted metaphysics, Vittorio Possenti finds in this philosophical turn the grounds for a mature renewal of metaphysics. Possenti takes the reader on a third voyage that goes beyond the second voyage indicated by Plato in the "Phaedo." He traces the ascendancy of nihilism in philosophy, offering critical examinations of Nietzsche, Gentile, Heidegger, Habermas, Husserl, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Vattimo. With penetrating accounts of philosophical movements such as hermeneutics and logical empiricism, rich with both historical and theoretical insights, Possenti provides a compelling defense of the power of human reason to apprehend the most obvious but also the most profound aspect of things: that they exist. By exploring the ubiquity of nihilism and probing its philosophical roots, Possenti clears the way for a fresh reformulation of metaphysics.

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