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Physicalism / Daniel Stoljar.
- Title
- Physicalism / Daniel Stoljar.
- Author
- Stoljar, Daniel.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | B825 .S83 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 252 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Physicalism, the theory that everything is physical is one of the most controversial ideas in philosophy. In this introduction, the author focuses on three fundamental questions: the interpretation, truth, and philosophical significance of physicalism, while covering the following key topics: history, definitions, challenge from empirical sciences, relationship with physics, relationship with causality, and key debates in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, such as supervenience, identity, and conceivability.
- Series Statement
- New problems of philosophy
- Uniform Title
- New problems of philosophy.
- Subject
- Materialism
- Note
- Includes chapter summaries.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The standard picture -- Form and alternatives -- The starting point view -- The theory view -- Hempel's dilemma -- The necessity view -- Is necessitation necessary? -- Is necessitation sufficient? -- Skeptics and true believers -- Arguments against physicalism -- Arguments for physicalism.
- ISBN
- 9780415452625 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0415452627 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780415452632 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0415452635 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780203856307 (ebook)
- 0203856309 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2009036227
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library