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The waning of materialism / edited by Robert C. Koons and George Bealer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Materialism.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Twenty-three philosophers examine the doctrine of materialism find it wanting. The case against materialism comprises arguments from conscious experience, from the unity and identity of the person, from intentionality, mental causation, and knowledge. The contributors include leaders in the fields of philosophy of mind, metaphysics, ontology, and epistemology, who respond ably to the most recent versions and defences of materialism. The modal arguments of Kripke and Chalmers,Jackson>'s knowledge argument, Kim>'s exclusion problem, and Burge>'s anti-individualism all play a part in the building
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; PART I: ARGUMENTS FROM CONSCIOUSNESS; PART II: ARGUMENTS FROM UNITY AND IDENTITY; PART III: INTENTIONALITY, MENTAL CAUSATION, AND KNOWLEDGE; PART IV: ALTERNATIVES TO MATERIALISM; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-161401-7
- 0-19-955619-9
- 1-282-53475-0
- 9786612534751
- 0-19-157174-1
- OCLC:
- 649831357
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