| Title | On Not Settling the Issue of Realism |
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| Contributor | Lee Braver(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0032.1.03 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/speculations-4-speculative-realism/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Copyright | Braver, Lee |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2013-06-05 |
| Long abstract | Philosophy is a means of escape. Our presence in this world is an accident, in both senses of the word, an unfortunate fate that has befallen us as we have fallen into it. This is a world of shadows and reflections, of illusions and elisions, of waste and death. It is a reality in decay that has, paradoxically, always been in decay, a ruins that was never whole.We are in this world, but we do not belong here. We yearn for a reality that is real, and a truth that is true. Since these are not to be found among the detritus of everyday life, we must seek it in a world beyond or behind this one, a realm that truly exists because it has no whiff of non-existence about it—no destruction, no imperfections, no suffering, no death. Our duty in this life is to escape this life, to withdraw physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually from these shadows, to slip the bonds that hold us—to escape. And philosophy is what shows us our goal and guides us to it. |
| Page range | pp. 9–14 |
| Print length | 6 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |