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OF REALITY THE PURPOSES OF PHILOSOPHY OF REALITY GIANNI VAT TIMO [TRANSLATED BY ROBERT T. VALGENTI] OF REALIT Y THE PURPOSES OF PHILOSOPHY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS | NEW YORK Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Della realtà © 2012 Garzanti English translation copyright © 2016 Columbia University Press All rights reserved The translation of this work has been funded by SEPS Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche Via Val d’Aposa 7 — 40123 Bologna — Italy [email protected] — www.seps.it Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vattimo, Gianni, 1936– [Della realtà. English] Of reality : the purposes of philosophy / Gianni Vattimo; translated by Robert T. Valgenti. pages cm “The Gifford lectures.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-231-16696-6 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-53657-8 (e-book) 1. Philosophy, Modern. I. Title. B794.V3813 2016 110—dc23 2015016428 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. This book is printed on paper with recycled content. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover and book design: Lisa Hamm Cover image: Ben McLaughlin (contemporary artist)/Private Collection/ Wilson Stephens Fine Art, London / Bridgeman Images References to websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. For Sergio Mamino, in memoriam • Magnifice fecit Dominus nobiscum. —Psalm 125 CONTENTS Introduction / 1 I THE LEUVEN LECTURES 11 1 The Nietzsche Effect / 13 2 The Heidegger Effect / 31 3 The Age of the World Picture / 49 II INTERMISSION 65 4 The Temptation of Realism / 67 III THE GIFFORD LECTURES 79 5 Tarski and the Quotation Marks / 81 6 Beyond Phenomenology / 93 7 Being and Event / 103 8 The Ethical Dissolution of Reality / 113
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