Absence and Nothing: The Philosophy of What There Is Not

by Stephen Mumford

Nothing is not. Yet it seems that we invoke absences and nothings often in our philosophical explanations. Negative metaphysics is on the rise. It has been claimed that absences can be causes, there are negative properties, absences can be perceived, there are negative facts, and that we can refer to and speak about nothing. Parmenides long ago ruled against such things. Here we consider how much of Parmenides' view can survive. A soft Parmenidean...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198831536
• ISBN13: 9780198831532
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"