Markus Gabriel
German philosopher associated with New Realism; Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn and director of its International Center for Philosophy. Known for works such as 'Why the World Does Not Exist' and 'Fields of Sense.'
Books
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1. Fields Of Sense: A New Realist Ontology
A New Realist Ontology
Proposes a pluralist realism in which entities exist within irreducible “fields of sense”—domains of meaning that disclose objects—rather than within a single all-encompassing world. It rejects scientistic naturalism and the notion of a totalized “world,” arguing instead for many ontological domains with their own criteria of existence. By blending phenomenological insights with analytic rigor, it shows how objects can be mind-independent yet accessible only within structures that render them intelligible, reframing debates about correlationism, ontology, and the scope of metaphysics.
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2. You Are Not A Brain
Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
A critique of neuro-reductionism, it argues that the mind cannot be identified with brain activity alone and that consciousness, meaning, and intentionality exist within broader social, cultural, and normative contexts. It introduces the idea of “fields of sense” to explain how experiences and values become intelligible beyond neural correlates. Defending free will and the irreducibility of the first-person perspective, it challenges scientism and strict materialism. The discussion spans ethics, art, religion, and artificial intelligence to show why human selfhood resists reduction to biological mechanisms.
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