Sense, Nonsense, and Subjectivity

Philosophers have spent millennia accumulating knowledge about knowledge. But negative epistemological phenomena, such as ignorance, falsity, and delusion, are persistently overlooked. Markus Gabriel argues that being wrong is part and parcel of subjectivity itself, adding a novel perspective on epistemic failures to the work of New Realism.

About the author

Markus Gabriel holds the Chair in Epistemology and Modern and Contemporary Philosophy and directs the International Center for Philosophy at the University of Bonn. His books, which include Why the World Does Not Exist, Fields of Sense, and I Am Not a Brain, have been translated into more than fifteen languages.

Summary

Philosophers have spent millennia accumulating knowledge about knowledge. But negative epistemological phenomena, such as ignorance, falsity, and delusion, are persistently overlooked. Markus Gabriel argues that being wrong is part and parcel of subjectivity itself, adding a novel perspective on epistemic failures to the work of New Realism.

Product details

• Authors: Markus Gabriel, Gabriel Markus
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9780674260283
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26028-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Popular philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism