Realism and Appearances - An Essay in Ontology

Klappentext A wide-ranging and illuminating examination of the relation between appearance and reality. Zusammenfassung This book draws on a rich combination of historical and contemporary material to examine one of the fundamental topics in philosophy: the relation between appearance and reality. It will interest a wide range of readers in the history of philosophy and in contemporary philosophy of mind! epistemology and metaphysics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mind, matter and sense qualia; 2. Causing and signifying; 3. Actions and persons; 4. Locke on the knowledge of things themselves; 5. The notions of Berkeley's philosophy; 6. Hume's appearances and the vocabulary of awareness; 7. Hume's ontology; Conclusion: realism of appearances.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John W. Yolton, John W. (Rutgers University Yolton, Yolton John W.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.05.2000
• EAN: 9780521776608
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77660-8
• Seiten: 172
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology