The Ontology of the Judicative: An Outline of a Pre-Judicative Ontology
The Ontology of the Judicative: An Outline of a Pre-Judicative Ontology
Author(s): Viorel CernicaSubject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Logic
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: judicative ontology; pre-judicative ontology; negative judgment; negative predication; value judgments; Kant
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I will attempt to formulate some observations about the limits of a traditional ontology that is in its essence a judicative one. The main goal is to explore the possibility of constructing a pre-judicative ontology; in other words, to describe the cognitive and affective elements that are “under” the main ontological judgments, related naturally to being. The arguments in favor of a pre-judicative ontology offer a new perspective on judicative ontology itself. This pre-judicative ontology is nevertheless a kind of judicative ontology that covers a nonspecific realm of values. The paper has three parts: 1) a description of the main characteristics of traditional ontology from a judicative perspective; 2) the formulation of some logical conditions of possibility for a pre-judicative ontology; and 3) the outline of a pre-judicative ontology as an ontology of values.
Journal: Balkan Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: VIII/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 143-148
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English