Philosophy After Foundation

Many philosophical disputes begin too high. They begin with truth, existence, identity, freedom, morality, language, and value before establishing the conditions that make such terms possible.Philosophy After Foundation descends beneath those familiar starting points. It reconstructs philosophy from first conditions: contrast, awareness, intent, probability, choice, actuality, existence, identity, intelligence, freedom, conflict, and creativity.This is not another position within familiar philosophical debate. It is an attempt to reorder the field from below its usual points of departure.The book argues that concepts such as truth, selfhood, freedom, morality, society, aesthetics, and language cannot be treated as primitives. They arise within a deeper structure of admissibility, continuity, constraint, and relation.Written for readers dissatisfied with inherited philosophical starting points, Philosophy After Foundation offers a severe and systematic reconstruction of philosophy's first conditions.

Pagina's: 330, Paperback, First Conditions Press