R Situation – The short history of the reception of the philosophy of non-dualism in science is a history of misunderstandings and cursory reception – the latter especially con- cerns Mitterer’s main work Das Jenseits der Philosophie (The Beyond of Philosophy, which still has not been translated into English). Non-dualism so far is mostly seen either as a kind of constructivism replacing the rhetoric of “construction” with a rhetoric of “description” or as an overall philosophical critique of the use of dualisms, dichotomies or polarities in epistemological contexts. The core arguments of non-dualism are often completely ignored. This paper wishes to discuss them precisely and draw some conclusions.
R Approach – Close critical reading of Mitterer’s texts, trying to avoid as many transla- tion gaps as possible. R Findings – Non-dualism reveals the infinite regress of classical philosophy of language: the categorical differentiation between language and the world leads to a systematic contradiction. While non-dualism also helps to deconstruct the pre- tension to speak “about reality” or to claim that “in fact” something is the case in everyday life, non-dualism refrains from giving satisfying answers to the great questions of mankind in the “metaphysical” context: questions of starting points/origins, meanings, causes, and the (implicitness of the) time arrow. R Benefits – The intention of this paper is to stim- ulate a broader discussion – so far limited by language – extending it beyond German and Polish scientific circles. R Key words – Language-object relationship, realism-construc- tivism controversy, Mitterer’s indication of the object (“Objektangabe”), Wittgenstein’s aspect seeing (“Aspektsehen”), arrow of time.
Weber S on Miterrer
http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/journal/articles/3/3/140.weber.pdf
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