The Meillassoux Dictionary

Editors: Gratton, Peter and Ennis, Paul J.
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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ISBN: 978-0-74-869556-0
Category: Philosophy
Book Status: Available
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This is the first dictionary to define the work of this stellar new philosopher. Quentin Meillassoux - described as the fastest-rising French philosopher since Derrida - is one of the most exciting philosophers writing today. Perfect for philosophers just starting with Meillassoux, this dictionary defines all of the major terms of his work, prefaced by an introduction that argues for the importance of this new figure on the Continental philosophy scene.

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations for Works by Quentin Meillassoux
  • Introduction: From a Speculative Materialism to a Speculative Ethics - Peter Gratton and Paul J. Ennis
  • Entries A-Z
  • A
  • ABSOLUTE
  • ADVENT
  • ANCESTRALITY
  • ANHYPOTHETICAL
  • ARCHE-FOSSIL
  • ARCHI-FACT
  • ATHEISM/THEISM
  • B
  • BADIOU, ALAIN
  • BRASSIER, RAY
  • C
  • CANTOR, GEORG
  • CARTESIAN IN-ITSELF
  • CAUSATION
  • CHILD (INFANS), THE
  • CONTINGENCY
  • COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
  • CORRELATIONISM
  • CORRELATIONISM: WEAK AND STRONG
  • CREATION EX NIHILO
  • D
  • DEATH
  • DELEUZE, GILLES
  • DERIVATION
  • DESCARTES, RENÉ
  • DIACHRONICITY
  • DIALETHEISM
  • DIVINE INEXISTENCE
  • DOGMATISM
  • E
  • EMPIRICISM
  • ESCHAOLOGY
  • ESCHATOLOGY
  • ETERNAL RECURRENCE
  • ESSENTIAL SPECTRE
  • F
  • FACT
  • FACTIALITY
  • FERVOUR
  • FICHTE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB
  • FIDEISM
  • FIGURE
  • FIGUREs
  • FINITUDE
  • FORMALISM
  • FOURTH WORLD OF JUSTICE
  • G
  • GERMAN IDEALISM
  • GOD
  • GRANT, IAIN HAMILTON
  • H
  • HARMAN, GRAHAM
  • HEGEL, G.W.F.
  • HEIDEGGER, MARTIN
  • HUME, DAVID
  • HYPER-CHAOS
  • I
  • IDEOLOGY
  • IMMANENCE
  • IMMORTALITY
  • INTELLECTUAL INTUITION
  • IRRELIGION
  • K
  • KANT, IMMANUEL
  • L
  • LARUELLE, FRANCOIS
  • LAWS OF NATURE
  • M
  • MALLARMÉ
  • MATERIALISM
  • MATHEMATICS
  • MAY-BE
  • MEANINGLESS SIGN
  • METAPHYSICS
  • N
  • NECESSITY OF CONTINGENCY
  • NIHILISM
  • NON-WHOLE/NON-ALL
  • O
  • OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY
  • OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY’S CRITIQUES OF MEILLASSOUX
  • ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
  • ONTO-THEOLOGY
  • OVERTURNED PLATONISM
  • P
  • PHENOMENOLOGY
  • POTENTIALITY
  • PRIMARY AND SECONDARY QUALITIES
  • PRINCIPLE OF NON-CONTRADICTION
  • PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON
  • PTOLEMAIC COUNTER-REVOLUTION
  • R
  • RATIONALISM
  • REALISM
  • RESURRECTION
  • S
  • SCIENCE
  • SET THEORY
  • SPECTRAL DILEMMA
  • SPECULATION
  • SPECULATIVE MATERIALISM
  • SPECULATIVE REALISM
  • SUBJECTALISM
  • SYMBOL
  • T
  • THING-IN-ITSELF/THINGS-IN-THEMSELVES
  • TIME
  • U
  • UNIVERSAL
  • V
  • VECTORIAL SUBJECT
  • VERNES, JEAN-RENÉ
  • VIRTUAL, THE
  • VITALISM
  • W
  • WORLD
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors