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Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction (Univocal) Kindle Edition

by Quentin Meillassoux (Author), Isaac Asimov (Author), Alyosha Edlebi (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor, he elucidates the distinction between science fiction, a genre in which science remains possible in spite of all the upheavals that may attend the world in which the tale takes place, and fiction outside-science, the literary concept he fashions in this book, a fiction in which science becomes impossible. With its investigations of the philosophies of Hume, Kant, and Popper, Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction broadens the inquiry that Meillassoux began in After Finitude, thinking through the concrete possibilities and consequences of a chaotic world in which human beings can no longer resort to science to ground their existence. It is a significant milestone in the work of an emerging philosopher, which will appeal to readers of both philosophy and literature. The text is followed by Isaac Asimov’s essay “The Billiard Ball.”
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    November 22, 2015
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Quentin Meillassoux is a French philosopher who teaches at the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. His interests range from the philosophy of mathematics, the status of philosophy, and questions pertaining to epistemology, ontology, and finitude.

Alyosha Edlebi is a Lebanese philosopher. He is the editor of What Is Thinking? 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017OODHQI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Univocal Publishing (November 22, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 22, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1023 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 93 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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ghostfinder
1.0 out of 5 stars 理屈が滑りすぎ
Reviewed in Japan on August 25, 2018
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SFと、彼の考えるところの超SFの違いが、結局のところあんまりよくわからない。いやこれは嫌味な言い方で、彼の分け方の基準、つまり彼の世界観がもともとあほらしいと思えるので、超SFなる概念自体否定したくなる
SFってのは要するに、現実のうちの自然法則とか、ある定数などが変化したときどういう世界が現出するか、その中で人間の生活がどうなるかを追った物語と言えるだろう
ところで彼の話題作、After Finitudeを読む限り、自然法則や定数を偶然とみなせばその先は全くのカオスしかありえないと思われる。その中で物語が成立するのであれば、何らかの法則や定数を認めるのであって、何を取り何を捨てるか、何をどう変化させるかは恣意的であり、どれも等しくSFである。そこを選別する彼の理屈はいつもに増して言い訳臭く、全く説得力がない
中で、惜しくも超SFに届かなかった例、超SFの例を出しているが、これがまた駄作としか言いようがなく、なんだかなあ
そもそも、いい加減にサブカル作品で納得させようとする最近の哲学の傾向はどうにかならんもんかね
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John Kraniauskas
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2016
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Beware, this is not a book but a short, very expensive essay!
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