Towards an Indexical Paradoxico-Metaphysics

Autor: Bensusan Hilan Nissior
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Open Philosophy, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 155-172 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2543-8875
2018-0012
DOI: 10.1515/opphil-2018-0012
Popis: This paper sketches a metaphysical view according to which the furniture of the universe is made of indexicals. The view draws from work in the philosophy of language and thought concerning demonstratives, proper names and other deictic operations (by Perry, Kaplan, Kripke among others). It also draws on Levinas‘ conception of the Other as beyond any substantive description. Indexicalism, as I call it, is compared with object-oriented views such as Harman‘s and Garcia‘s. Indexicalism lapses into paradox concerning totality and proves to be self-destructive. It is defended, however, as a paradoxico-metaphysics.
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