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Speculative Realism: Resources on an Emerging Discipline

Phetteplace, Eric

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Title
Speculative Realism: Resources on an Emerging Discipline
Author(s)
Phetteplace, Eric
Issue Date
2010-06
Keyword(s)
  • PathFinder
  • Philosophy
  • Speculative Realism
  • Object-Oriented Ontology
  • Internet Reference
Date of Ingest
2010-11-19T01:22:07Z
Abstract
Speculative Realism is a contemporary philosophical movement taking its name from a 2007 conference held at Goldsmiths College in London, England. Speculative Realism is difficult to define: like the hodgepodge of divergent theories falling under the label Postmodernism, it is less an internally consistent set of ideas than a diverse group of theories unified against a common adversary. Speculative Realists and their allies are combating what they call “correlationism,” or the belief that all existence is reducible to the human experience of existence. Thus they claim, against theorists as varied as Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, and Karl Marx, that there is a world outside of the mind, language, and economic forces. The exact nature of this world, however, is the source of much dispute. This paper lists internet resources related to the school of thought as well as philosophy in general.
Publisher
College & Research Libraries News
ISSN
0099-0086
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/17408
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