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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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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.

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Philosophical and other meditations on everyday light

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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committed to retain

ISBN

9781844658251
1844658252

OCLC

864494440
SCSB-12579138

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Harvard Library