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The possibility of onion worlds: rebutting an argument for structural universals [PDF]
, 2007 The possibility of gunk has been used to argue against mereological nihilism. This paper explores two responses on the part of the microphysical mereological nihilist: (1) the contingency defence, which maintains that nihilism is true of the actual world;
Williams, J.R.G.
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Why Neoliberalism Doesn't Spell the Death of Society: Commonality, Regulation, and the Politics of Social Cohesion. [PDF]
Br J SociolABSTRACT Perspectives on neoliberal political‐economic practice often frame its dominance in terms of harms to ‘society’. Prominently, Wendy Brown (2019, 52) offers an account of the ‘neoliberal revolution’, claiming that, when ‘the social vanishes from our ideas, speech, and experience’, commonality disappears, democracy diminishes, and ...
Dobbernack J.
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, 2006 The possibility of gunk has been used to argue against mereological nihilism. This paper explores two responses on the part of the microphysical mereological nihilist: (1) the contingency defence, which maintains that nihilism is true of the actual world;
Armstrong D. M. +15 more
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Nietzsche as a Critic of Genealogical Debunking: Making Room for Naturalism without Subversion [PDF]
, 2019 This paper argues that Nietzsche is a critic of just the kind of genealogical debunking he is popularly associated with. We begin by showing that interpretations of Nietzsche which see him as engaging in genealogical debunking turn him into an advocate ...
Cueni, Damian, Queloz, Matthieu
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On Nietzsche’s Concept of ‘European Nihilism’ [PDF]
, 2014 In Nietzsche, ‘European nihilism’ has at its core valuelessness, meaninglessness and senselessness. This article argues that Nietzsche is not replacing God with the nothing, but rather that he regards ‘European nihilism’ as an ‘in ...
Burch, Ruth
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The No Self View and the Meaning of Life [PDF]
, 2018 Several philosophers, both in Buddhist and Western philosophy, claim that the self does not exist. The no-self view may, at first glance, appear to be a reason to believe that life is meaningless.
Le Bihan, Baptiste
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Signifying Nothing: Nihilism, Information, and Signs
Open Philosophy, 2023 This article explores the theme of nihilism from the perspective of post-continental philosophy by focusing on semiotics and information theory and the question of “meaning” at stake between them.
Woodward Ashley
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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LEGAL NIHILISM IN RUSSIA: THE EXPERIENCE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLICATION [PDF]
Северо-Кавказский юридический вестник, 2019 The article is devoted to the identification of the theoretical foundations of legal nihilism. Based on the analysis of the works of famous Russian jurists of the second half of the XIX XX centuries and the widespread use of the dialectical method ...
Шатковская Татьяна Владимировна +1 more
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Meaning and Response: The Comparative Study of Islamic Extremism and Nihilism [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat, 2018 The structure of ideology faces with crisis in its meaning system automatically; Being valueless and the crisis of meaning are the most salient aspects of these crisis.
ahmadreza bordbar , pooyesh parashi
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Values-related and Moral Foundations of legal Nihilism of Youth
Психология и право, 2020 Researching the psychological causes of legal nihilism in young people is urgent nowadays due to the considerable negative effect which this problem has on the society.
Irina N. Protasova +2 more
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