Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Abstract
We revisit the notion of vicarious causation in Graham Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) in order to first show that Harman has articulated two iterations of his account that are in tension with one another; one is found in his earlier paper "On Vicarious Causation,"while the other is contained in his later writings following the publication of Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything. This involves a critical assessment of his developing theory of metaphor in a way that encourages sympathetic revision in the service of improving his non-correlationist view of intra-objective relations.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Open Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Cogburn, J., & Young, N. (2024). Revisiting the Notion of Vicarious Cause: Allure, Metaphor, and Realism in Object-Oriented Ontology. Open Philosophy, 7 (1) https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2024-0047