Eliminativism in Ancient Philosophy

Greek and Buddhist Philosophers on Material Objects

AvUgo Zilioli

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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A comparative investigation in the metaphysics of material objects in ancient philosophy, this book provides radically new insights into key themes and areas of ancient thought by drawing on Greek and Buddhist philosophies.Ugo Zilioli explicates the neglected tradition of philosophers who in different ways made material objects either redundant or ontologically dispensable in the ancient world. Chapters cover concepts such as nihilism, indeterminacy, solipsism and tropes, demonstrating how the philosophy of major thinkers Protagoras, Vasubandhu, Gorgias, Nagarjuna, Pyrrho, and the Cyrenaics advance our understanding of eliminativism.Zilioli’s historical and philosophical reconstruction challenges traditional readings of key moments and figures in the history of thought, both Eastern and Western, as well as providing conceptual tools that are of interest not only to historians of philosophy but also to contemporary metaphysicians.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-21
Mått:154 x 232 x 12 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350400856

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Ugo Zilioli is Leverhulme Researcher at the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford University and Associate Member of Lady Margaret Hall, UK.His main publications include: The Cyrenaics (2014), Protagoras and the Challenge of Relativism(2016); as editor, From the Socratics to the Socratic Schools (2015); Atomism in Philosophy: A History from Antiquity to the Present (Bloomsbury, 2020).

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This book presents an astute comparison between philosophers in ancient Greece and India who, for some reason or another, set out to eliminate material objects from their theories. The highly original, historically rich, and analytically sophisticated discussion presented here will be of great interest to any reader wishing to learn more about fundamental questions of metaphysics, East and West.

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Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nothing For Us? 1. Protagoras’ Secret Doctrine: An Exercise in Ancient Eliminativism2. Twins and Dharmas. Protagoras and Vasubandhu on a Two-Tier Ontology of Tropes3. Gorgias and Nagarjuna on Nihilism4. On Things. The Origin and Genealogy of Pyrrho’s Metaphysics 5. The Cyrenaics on Elusive Objects6. The Cyrenaics on Solipsism and PrivacyConclusion: Eliminativism, Indeterminacy and Nihilism Between East and WestNotesReferencesIndex

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