Guerrilla Metaphysics : Phenomenology and the carpentry of things
Harman, Graham
Guerrilla Metaphysics : Phenomenology and the carpentry of things - Illinois Open Court Publishing 2005 - vii,283p.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part One The Carnal phenomenologists 7
1.Concreteness in the depths 9
A. The most high
B. A hidden agreement
C. Unnatural objects
2. Two borderlands of intentionality 21
A. Objectifying acts
B. The blackbird
C. Objects and qualities
D. Two borderlands
3. Bathing in the ether 33
A. Passivity
B. Quality without substance
C. Satisfied with appearance
D. The ether
4. The style of things 45
A. Sensation
B. The body
C. The in-itself-for-us
D. Flesh
E. Style
5. The levels 59
A. Imperative objects
B. The senses under command
C. Levels of the world
Part Two Setting the table 71
6. Objects 73
A. The revival of substance
B. Vacuums everywhere
C. The wheel of objects and relations
D. The quintessence
7. The problem of objects 89
A. Vicarious circle
B. Whole and part
C. Worlds inside of vacuums
D. Firewalls
8. Metaphor 101
A. Execution versus presentation
B. The plasma of things
C. Reality without presence
D. The wolf-system
9. Humor 125
A. Reduced to mechanisms
B. Sincerity, comedy, and charm
C. Allure
Part Three Quadruple philosophy 145
10. The root of vicarious causation 147
A. Severed qualities
B. A downward spiral of objects
C. Elements
11. Vicarious causation 169
A. The object and its parts
B. The object and its notes
C. Four questions in one
12. Some implications 235
A. Not critique
B. Gradations
C. Time and space
D. The carnival of things
Notes 257
Bibliography 269
Index 273
9780812694567
110 / HAR
Guerrilla Metaphysics : Phenomenology and the carpentry of things - Illinois Open Court Publishing 2005 - vii,283p.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part One The Carnal phenomenologists 7
1.Concreteness in the depths 9
A. The most high
B. A hidden agreement
C. Unnatural objects
2. Two borderlands of intentionality 21
A. Objectifying acts
B. The blackbird
C. Objects and qualities
D. Two borderlands
3. Bathing in the ether 33
A. Passivity
B. Quality without substance
C. Satisfied with appearance
D. The ether
4. The style of things 45
A. Sensation
B. The body
C. The in-itself-for-us
D. Flesh
E. Style
5. The levels 59
A. Imperative objects
B. The senses under command
C. Levels of the world
Part Two Setting the table 71
6. Objects 73
A. The revival of substance
B. Vacuums everywhere
C. The wheel of objects and relations
D. The quintessence
7. The problem of objects 89
A. Vicarious circle
B. Whole and part
C. Worlds inside of vacuums
D. Firewalls
8. Metaphor 101
A. Execution versus presentation
B. The plasma of things
C. Reality without presence
D. The wolf-system
9. Humor 125
A. Reduced to mechanisms
B. Sincerity, comedy, and charm
C. Allure
Part Three Quadruple philosophy 145
10. The root of vicarious causation 147
A. Severed qualities
B. A downward spiral of objects
C. Elements
11. Vicarious causation 169
A. The object and its parts
B. The object and its notes
C. Four questions in one
12. Some implications 235
A. Not critique
B. Gradations
C. Time and space
D. The carnival of things
Notes 257
Bibliography 269
Index 273
9780812694567
110 / HAR