Contemporary Materialism (eBook, ePUB)

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Redaktion: Moser, Paul K.; Trout, J. D.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134839339
• Artikelnr.: 47888234

Autorenporträt

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