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Epimethean imaginings : philosophical and other meditations on everyday light / Raymond Tallis.
- Title
- Epimethean imaginings : philosophical and other meditations on everyday light / Raymond Tallis.
- Author
- Tallis, Raymond.
- Publication
- Durham, UK : Acumen, 2014.
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Book/Text | Request in advance | B105.R27 T35 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 316 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- These essays, written in the spirit of Goethe's Epimetheus who ""traces the quick deed to the dim realm of form-combining possibilities"", display the depth and breadth of Tallis's fascination with our lives. Whether discussing philosophical ""hardy perennials"" like time, or a mundane artefact like ink, Tallis challenges us to think differently about who we are and why we are. The first part of the book - Analysis - dives into the deep-end to explore some of the big questions in philosophy: perception, knowledge and belief; time; the relationship between mathematics and reality; and probabili.
- Alternative Title
- Philosophical and other meditations on everyday light
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781844658251
- 1844658252
- OCLC
- 864494440
- SCSB-12579138
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library