Fields of Sense: A New Realist Ontology

Presentsanewrealistontologybasedontheconceptoffieldsofsense.MarkusGabrielpresentsuswithaninnovativeanswertooneofthecentralquestionsofphilosophy:whatisthemeaningof'being'-or,rather,'existence'-andhowdoesthatconceptrelatetothetotalityofwhatthereis?ThisontologyhingesonGabriel'sconceptoffieldsofsense,whichshowsthathefundamentallyopposestheideathatmathematicsorthenaturalsciencescouldeverreplacearicherphilosophicalunderstandingofwhatthereisandhowweknowaboutit.Thefirstcontributiontoaspeculativeepistemologyonthebasisofanontologyfirstmethodanddevelopsanewrealistontologyaswellasoutliningarealistepistemologygroundedinontology.