GRAHAM HARMAN’S ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE “PHILOSOPHY OF ACCESS”

The article examines Graham Harman’s arguments against the “philosophy of access” which is the conceptual basis of contemporary philosophical antirealism. The author outlines the key principles of the philosophy of access, and mentions four of Harman’s arguments against this doctrine. The article shows that the philosophy of access is a very heterogeneous movement, and its basic concepts, such as “mind” and “reality outside of mind”, are interpreted differently by its proponents. The author notes that many of Harman’s arguments lack clarity, since he does not give a precise definition of the concepts of “mind” and “reality outside of mind”, and does not indicate which varieties of the philosophy of access he intends to criticise. The author concludes that in their current form, the four arguments mentioned above fail to refute the philosophy of access.