Logic of Imagination: The Expanse of the Elemental (Studies in Continental Thought)

The Shakespearean Image Of A Tempest And Its Aftermath Forms The Beginning As Well As A Major Guiding Thread Of Logic Of Imagination. Moving Beyond The Horizons Of His Earlier Work, Force Of Imagination, John Sallis Sets Out To Unsettle The Traditional Conception Of Logic, To Mark Its Limits, And, Beyond These Limits, To Launch Another, Exorbitant Logic--a Logic Of Imagination. Drawing On A Vast Range Of Sources, Including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, And Freud, As Well As Developments In Modern Logic And Modern Mathematics, Sallis Shows How A Logic Of Imagination Can Disclose The Most Elemental Dimensions Of Nature And Of Human Existence And How, Through Dialogue With Contemporary Astrophysics, It Can Reopen The Project Of A Philosophical Cosmology. --publisher Description. Precursions -- The Logic Of Contradiction -- Formal Logic And Beyond -- Exorbitant Logics -- The Look Of Things -- Schematism -- Proper Elementals -- Elemental Cosmology John Sallis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 List of Plates 10 Acknowledgments 12 Precursions 16 I The Tempest 16 II Tracings 22 III Legacies 31 IV Spiralings 36 1 The Logic of Contradiction 41 A Ones 41 B A Principle Most Firm, Steadfast, Sure 45 C Another Logic 61 D Logic as Metaphysics of Contradiction 66 E Contradiction at the Limit 73 2 Formal Logic and Beyond 77 A Divergences 77 B Pure Logic 81 C Transcendental Logic 93 D Dismantlings 99 3 Exorbitant Logics 110 A Infraction 110 B The Field of Things 116 C Kettle Logic 121 4 The Look of Things 149 A Showings 149 B Doubling Looks 154 C The Look of Sense 158 5 Schematism 165 A The Elementals and Their Texture 165 B Preeminent Spacings 177 C Schemata of Imagination 183 D Before the Elemental 209 6 Proper Elementals 213 A The Space of Propriety 213 B Seclusion 239 C Natal Mortality 253 7 Elemental Cosmology 267 A The Expanse Beyond 267 B Unabsolved Space 280 C Stretch of Imagination 294 Index 302 Content: Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Plates Acknowledgments Precursions I The Tempest II Tracings III Legacies IV Spiralings 1 The Logic of Contradiction A Ones B A Principle Most Firm, Steadfast, Sure C Another Logic D Logic as Metaphysics of Contradiction E Contradiction at the Limit 2 Formal Logic and Beyond A Divergences B Pure Logic C Transcendental Logic D Dismantlings 3 Exorbitant Logics A Infraction B The Field of Things C Kettle Logic 4 The Look of Things A Showings B Doubling Looks C The Look of Sense 5 Schematism A The Elementals and Their Texture. B Preeminent SpacingsC Schemata of Imagination D Before the Elemental 6 Proper Elementals A The Space of Propriety B Seclusion C Natal Mortality 7 Elemental Cosmology A The Expanse Beyond B Unabsolved Space C Stretch of Imagination Index.

The Shakespearean image of a tempest and its aftermath forms the beginning as well as a major guiding thread of Logic of Imagination. Moving beyond the horizons of his earlier work, Force of Imagination, John Sallis sets out to unsettle the traditional conception of logic, to mark its limits, and, beyond these limits, to launch another, exorbitant logic—a logic of imagination. Drawing on a vast range of sources, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud, as well as developments in modern logic and modern mathematics, Sallis shows how a logic of imagination can disclose the most elemental dimensions of nature and of human existence and how, through dialogue with contemporary astrophysics, it can reopen the project of a philosophical cosmology.

Discusses logic beyond the limits of reason