Full Idea
It is incumbent upon us to break with the ontological requisite of the moderns, according to which 'to be is to be a correlate'.
Clarification
his word 'correlate' means connected to some thinking
Gist of Idea
We must give up the modern criterion of existence, which is a correlation between thought and being
Source
Quentin Meillassoux (After Finitude; the necessity of contingency [2006], 2)
Book Reference
Meillassoux: 'After Finitude: the necessity of contingency', ed/tr. Brassier,R [Bloomsbury 2008], p.28
A Reaction
He blames Kant for this pernicious idea, which has driven philosophy away from realist science, when it should be supporting and joining it. As a realist I agree, and find Meillassoux very illuminating on the subject.
Related Idea
Idea 19648 Since Kant we think we can only access 'correlations' between thinking and being [Meillassoux]