FIELDS OF SENSE

Presents a new realist ontology based on the concept of fields of sense. Markus
Gabriel presents us with an innovative answer to one of the central questions of
philosophy: what is the meaning of 'being' - or, rather, 'existence' - and how
does that concept relate to the totality of what there is? This ontology hinges
on Gabriel's concept of fields of sense, which shows that he fundamentally oppos
es the idea that mathematics or the natural sciences could ever replace a richer
philosophical understanding of what there is and how we know about it. The firs
t contribution to a speculative epistemology on the basis of an ontology first m
ethod and develops a new realist ontology as well as outlining a realist epistem
ology grounded in ontology.