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Cessation and Contingency in Meillassoux’s Speculative Materialism

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2022
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Losoncz, Mark
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This article analyzes Quentin Meillassoux’s concept of cessation. First, the article argues that this concept plays a decisive role in Meillassouxian philosophy. Second, by taking into consideration medieval and early modern debates on annihilation, it critically examines the conclusions elaborated in After Finitude. After that, it conceptualizes the relation between absolute time and absolute contingency, keeping in mind the critical reception of Meillassoux’s philosophy. Finally, the article turns to his insights into death and resurrection, and it confronts them with phenomenological theories of mortality. The conclusion is that Meillassoux faces several essential difficulties with regard to the concept of cessation that seem to be unsalvageable.
Keywords:
Meillassoux / cessation / time / contingency / annihilation / phenomenology / contemporary metaphysics
Source:
Philosophy Today, 2022, 66, 3
Publisher:
  • Philosophy Documentation Center
Funding / projects:
  • Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200025 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Phylosophy and Social Theory) (RS-200025)

DOI: 10.5840/philtoday2022325452

ISSN: 0031-8256

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conceptualizes the relation between absolute time and absolute contingency, keeping
in mind the critical reception of Meillassoux’s philosophy. Finally, the article turns to
his insights into death and resurrection, and it confronts them with phenomenological theories of mortality. The conclusion is that Meillassoux faces several essential
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year = "2022",
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article argues that this concept plays a decisive role in Meillassouxian philosophy.
Second, by taking into consideration medieval and early modern debates on annihilation, it critically examines the conclusions elaborated in After Finitude. After that, it
conceptualizes the relation between absolute time and absolute contingency, keeping
in mind the critical reception of Meillassoux’s philosophy. Finally, the article turns to
his insights into death and resurrection, and it confronts them with phenomenological theories of mortality. The conclusion is that Meillassoux faces several essential
difficulties with regard to the concept of cessation that seem to be unsalvageable.",
publisher = "Philosophy Documentation Center",
journal = "Philosophy Today",
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Losoncz, M.. (2022). Cessation and Contingency in Meillassoux’s Speculative Materialism. in Philosophy Today
Philosophy Documentation Center., 66(3).
https://doi.org/10.5840/philtoday2022325452
Losoncz M. Cessation and Contingency in Meillassoux’s Speculative Materialism. in Philosophy Today. 2022;66(3).
doi:10.5840/philtoday2022325452 .
Losoncz, Mark, "Cessation and Contingency in Meillassoux’s Speculative Materialism" in Philosophy Today, 66, no. 3 (2022),
https://doi.org/10.5840/philtoday2022325452 . .

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