Abstract

Abstract Philosophical critiques are prone to relapse into a sort of entrenchment in which the basic elements of a philosophy are kept from exposure, so that instead of advancing, philosophy easily becomes compartmentalized into specific trends. This article thus seeks the conditions of a non-entrenched, open-field philosophical critique in general and, in particular, of an open-field critique of Harman’s OOO (object-oriented ontology). For that purpose, the idea of precariousness is introduced, which is then confronted with some ideas concerning philosophical critique and practice, in particular those of François Laruelle. Since we can find in Harman’s OOO an outline of what we call here an open-field critique, the field of combat against Harman will be the one concerning the idea of an open field itself.

Highlights

  • Philosophical critiques are prone to relapse into a sort of entrenchment in which the basic elements of a philosophy are kept from exposure, so that instead of advancing, philosophy becomes compartmentalized into specific trends

  • This article seeks the conditions of a non-entrenched, openfield philosophical critique in general and, in particular, of an open-field critique of Harman’s OOO

  • Critiques of philosophies often engender a situation akin to a trench war: the critique itself is built upon a certain philosophy in such a way that basic elements of that philosophy are kept entrenched, safe from the risks of the combat; since the criticized philosophy diverges on precisely those basic elements, it too becomes entrenched as soon as it tries to defend itself

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Introduction

Philosophical critiques are prone to relapse into a sort of entrenchment in which the basic elements of a philosophy are kept from exposure, so that instead of advancing, philosophy becomes compartmentalized into specific trends.

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