Positive Realism could be seen as the sequel to Maurizio Ferraris' Manifesto of New Realism and Introduction to New Realism. The focus here is the other side of unamendability: a tion, described in his previous books, according to which reality is unamendable , it cant be corrected at will. This resistance of the real is what ultimately tells us that, in opposition to the claims of post-Kantian philosophy, the world is t a result of our conceptual work: if it were so, our power over reality would be much greater. Now, the often disappointing limits that the real sets against our expectations are also a resource: and this is the key point of the present book. Things exist, and therefore undoubtedly resist us, but in doing so they offer affordances, resources, opportunities. And that the greatest opportunity, which underlies all the other ones, is the fact that we share a world that is far from liquid: on the contrary, it provides the solid ground on which everything rests, starting from our happiness or unhappiness.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing, Zero Books
brand
John Hunt Publishing
GTIN
9781782798569
ISBN-10
1782798560
ISBN-13
9781782798569
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221098088
Product Key Features
Author
Maurizio Ferraris
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2015
Genre
History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
Dimensions
Weight
113.3980925g
Depth
6.35mm
Height
216mm
Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Ropley
Publication Country
GB
Pagination
88
Subjects
Philosophy
Region
World
Author Biography
Maurizio Ferraris is full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, where he is also the Director of the LabOnt (Laboratory for Ontology). He wrote more than forty books that have been translated into several languages. He has attached his name to the theories of Documentality and, mostly, New Realism. See http://www.maurizioferraris.it/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurizio_Ferraris