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Reasons Why Not

On the Positive Grounds of Negative Truths

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Authors:
  1. Julio De Rizzo

    1. Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Julio De Rizzo
    Pages 1-22

  3. The positivist thesis

    • Julio De Rizzo
    Pages 23-47

  4. A definition of positivity and negativity

    • Julio De Rizzo
    Pages 49-91

  5. On what is not

    • Julio De Rizzo
    Pages 93-179

  6. The things we don’t do

    • Julio De Rizzo
    Pages 181-213

  7. Grounding non-existence

    • Julio De Rizzo
    Pages 215-241

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 243-253
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About this book

Many philosophers have shown sympathy to the thought that reality is fundamentally positive. Julio De Rizzo formulates this idea precisely by means of the notion of grounding, and examines how the resulting thesis fares with respect to three much discussed classes of negative truths, namely that of negative predications, that of negative causal reports, and that of negative existential truths. By shedding light on the issues advocates of the thesis have to deal with, this work shows the positivist account to be a tenable position in metaphysics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Julio De Rizzo

About the author

Julio De Rizzo holds a PhD in theoretical philosophy from the University of Hamburg, Germany and currently teaches at the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil. He studied philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His research interests focus on analytic metaphysics and the philosophy of logic.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reasons Why Not

  • Book Subtitle: On the Positive Grounds of Negative Truths

  • Authors: Julio De Rizzo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05150-9

  • Publisher: J.B. Metzler Stuttgart

  • eBook Packages: J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-476-05149-3Published: 13 November 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-476-05150-9Published: 02 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 253

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Metaphysics, Ontology, Analytic Philosophy

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