Philosopher

Ray Brassier

Theorist of nihilism — American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut · United Kingdom · d. 1965

The English philosopher who reads the endpoint of the Enlightenment as 'the extinction of meaning', and one of the founding names of the speculative realism debate.

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Life: b. 1965 — living
Country: United Kingdom
Period: Contemporary
School: Speculative realism, Nihilism
Affiliation: American University of Beirut
Areas: Metaphysics, Philosophy of science, Continental philosophy
Major works: Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (2007)
Key concepts: Transcendental nihilism, Extinction, The liquidation of meaning

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