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ON ESSENCES: PHENOMENOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY

Howdyshell, Stanford Luke
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523959435028068

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2018, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Philosophy.
Object Oriented Ontology (OOO), as developed by Graham Harman, draws on many of the insights developed in the research programs of phenomenology, systems theory, active network theory, and Deleuzian ontology. From the phenomenological tradition, Husserl's theory of intentional objects and Heidegger's tool analysis have been central to the development of OOO. Discussion on essences has been, for the most part, neglected by the philosophers of OOO. While maintaining that OOO is a metaphysical system which includes essences, they have been content to either leave the question of essence to the phenomenologists or to neglect them altogether. This is a problem because OOO allows for objects to change while retaining their identity, but lacks a firm theory of identity conditions. In this thesis I will investigate this shortcoming of OOO and apply the positive insights from Edmund Husserl’s and Martin Heidegger’s philosophies of essence to OOO. This investigation will result in a theory of essence that integrates the phenomenologist’s philosophies of essence into OOO.
Gina Zavota (Advisor)
Michael Byron (Committee Member)
Andreea Smaranda Aldea (Committee Member)
Kevin Floyd (Committee Member)
95 p.
Philosophy

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  • Howdyshell, S. L. (2018). ON ESSENCES: PHENOMENOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523959435028068

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Howdyshell, Stanford. ON ESSENCES: PHENOMENOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY. 2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523959435028068.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Howdyshell, Stanford. "ON ESSENCES: PHENOMENOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523959435028068

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