Real Materialism - And Other Essays

Zusatztext immensely interesting and provocative, and written in an enjoyably combative style ... a fascinating and engrossing collection of papers, of which every one is deserving of detailed discussion. Informationen zum Autor Galen Strawson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, and Professor of Philosophy at Reading University, UK. Prior to that he was Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Jesus College, Oxford (1987-2000). He has held visiting positions at the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University (1993), New York University (1997), and Rutgers University (2000). Strawson received his degrees from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford and studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (rue d'Ulm) and the Sorbonne (1977-8). He is also Philosophy editor at the Times Literary Supplement. Klappentext Real Materialism is a collection of highly original essays on a set of related topics in philosophy of mind and metaphysics: consciousness and the mind-body problem; our knowledge of the world; the nature of the self or subject; free will and moral responsibility; the nature of thought and intentionality; causation and David Hume. Zusammenfassung Real Materialism is a collection of highly original essays on a set of related topics in philosophy of mind and metaphysics: consciousness and the mind-body problem; our knowledge of the world; the nature of the self or subject; free will and moral responsibility; the nature of thought and intentionality; causation and David Hume.

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• Authors: Galen Strawson, Galen (Reading University and CUNY Graduate Center Strawson, Strawson Galen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199267422
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926742-2
• No. of pages: 478
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophiegeschichte, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology