Thesis, Vol. 9 No. 1, 2020.
Review article
Philosophy in the Epoch of Alternative Facts: An Invitation from East Asia
Naruhiko Mikado
; Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Abstract
The primary aim of this essay was to elucidate the unique philosophical concept of “the non-interpretive”, which Masaya Chiba, one of the most prominent philosophers in East Asia, formulated mainly by bridging the theories of Quentin Meillassoux and Graham Harman, who have generally been reckoned as two of the most pivotal proponents in the contemporary philosophical movement dubbed Speculative Realism. In order to achieve the aim, the first part clarified the chief arguments and doctrines of Meillassoux’s Speculative Materialism and Harman’s Object-Oriented Philosophy. Thereupon, the second and main part investigated how Chiba invented the concept, what it precisely meant, and what insights it could offer for us. The concluding section summarized the chief arguments of this paper and sketched a worldview which we could adopt in order to survive the turbulent epoch of alternative facts and post-truth.
Keywords
Philosophy; Speculative Realism; Quentin Meillassoux; Graham Harman; Masaya Chiba
Hrčak ID:
240331
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Publication date:
30.6.2020.
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