"Contemporary Materialism" presents an important collection of recent work on materialism in connection with metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and theories of value. This anthology charts the contemporary problems, positions and themes on the topic of materialism. It illuminates materialism's complex intersection with related subjects such as cognition and psychology. By gathering a wide-range of philosophical interventions around the subject of materialism, this anthology provides a valuable discussion of how materialism can effectively serve the purposes of…mehr
"Contemporary Materialism" presents an important collection of recent work on materialism in connection with metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and theories of value. This anthology charts the contemporary problems, positions and themes on the topic of materialism. It illuminates materialism's complex intersection with related subjects such as cognition and psychology. By gathering a wide-range of philosophical interventions around the subject of materialism, this anthology provides a valuable discussion of how materialism can effectively serve the purposes of philosophical assessment. To further assist the reader, it also contains an extensive bibliography on contemporary materialism.
Paul K. Moser is Professor of Philosophy and J.D. Trout is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct at the Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago.
Inhaltsangabe
General Introduction: Contemporary Materialism Part I Materialism and Naturalism 1 Naturalism, Materialism, and First Philosophy POSTSCRIPT: "NATURALISM, MATERIALISM, AND FIRST PHILOSOPHY" RECONSIDERED 2 Special Sciences 3 There is no Question of Physicalism Part II Materialism and Mind 4 Sensations and Brain Processes 5 Mental Events 6 Philosophy and our Mental Life 7 The Myth of Nonreductive Materialism 8 Eliminative Materialism and the Prepositional Attitudes POSTSCRIPT: EVALUATING OUR SELF CONCEPTION 9 What Mary Didn't Know Part III Materialism and Meaning 10 Things and their Place in Theories 11 Physicalism and the Indeterminacy of Translation 12 Why There Isn't a Ready-made World 13 Evolution, Error, and Intentionality POSTSCRIPT Part IV: Materialism and Value 14 The Scientific and the Ethical 15 How to be a Moral Realist POSTSCRIPT: MATERIALISM AND REALISM IN METAETHICS 16 How to be an Ethical Antirealist
General Introduction: Contemporary Materialism Part I Materialism and Naturalism 1 Naturalism, Materialism, and First Philosophy POSTSCRIPT: "NATURALISM, MATERIALISM, AND FIRST PHILOSOPHY" RECONSIDERED 2 Special Sciences 3 There is no Question of Physicalism Part II Materialism and Mind 4 Sensations and Brain Processes 5 Mental Events 6 Philosophy and our Mental Life 7 The Myth of Nonreductive Materialism 8 Eliminative Materialism and the Prepositional Attitudes POSTSCRIPT: EVALUATING OUR SELF CONCEPTION 9 What Mary Didn't Know Part III Materialism and Meaning 10 Things and their Place in Theories 11 Physicalism and the Indeterminacy of Translation 12 Why There Isn't a Ready-made World 13 Evolution, Error, and Intentionality POSTSCRIPT Part IV: Materialism and Value 14 The Scientific and the Ethical 15 How to be a Moral Realist POSTSCRIPT: MATERIALISM AND REALISM IN METAETHICS 16 How to be an Ethical Antirealist
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