Surrogates
Contributors: Robert Cummings Neville (Foreword)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780253341747
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Western philosophy; Phenomenology; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Movements - Phenomenology
First sentence: "SURROGATE" IS A TERM well used by lawyers and administrators, usually to refer to someone who is required to carry out some role on behalf of one who is not able to do so as well as one should, or at all.
Description: "Surrogates introduces an important new philosophical topic: the pervasive ways that things stand for one another in nature and human experience. Going beyond semiotic theory, Paul Weiss interprets surrogacy in terms of metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and religious dimensions of life, integrating the concept into a systematic way of regarding reality.

Just as philosophy brings to the issue of surrogate reality a systematic set of questions, Weiss's investigation of the topic raises new questions for philosophy itself, manifesting his great concern for philosophy's freedom and creativity. The author concludes each chapter with an imaginative set of questions and answers that engage imagined critics in a dialogue."--BOOK JACKET.