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Objects, Elements, and Affirmation of the Ethical
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA
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Open Journal of Philosophy·Volume 03 (2013)·Pages 285–291·Published 29 May 2013·DOI10.4236/ojpp.2013.32045
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the theory of material objects often referred to as mereological nihilism supports a fine-grained and analytically coherent reading of Emmanuel Levinas’s concept of “elements” as articulated by Levinas primarily in Totality and Infinity. This reading, in turn, allows for a second conclusion, namely the affirmation of the ethical as the possible ground of all other philosophy.
KeywordsLevinasMereologyEthical PhenomenologyObjectivity
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