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Article Title
Meaning and (F)act: Ray Brassier’s Speculative Nihilism and its Implications for Dialectics
Pages
87-93
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© 2012, Geran Wales
Publication Date
6-7-2012
Abstract
This paper seeks to frame the proper place for the empirical phenomenon of human meaning in the scientifically disenchanted world described by Ray Brassier. I embrace Brassier’s statement that “Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity” but disagree with his injunction that human meaning is unimportant. Meaning should be an object of philosophy insofar as we are biologically bound to experiencing the world in a meaningful way. Brassier’s work is exciting for its application of rigorous analytic techniques to continental discourse, in a manner that makes contributions to both metaphysics and philosophy of science.
Recommended Citation
Wales, Geran
(2012)
"Meaning and (F)act: Ray Brassier’s Speculative Nihilism and its Implications for Dialectics,"
Res Cogitans:
Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
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http://commons.pacificu.edu/rescogitans/vol3/iss1/12