Objections to Physicalism - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198242565 ISBN 13: 9780198242567

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

Physicalism has, over the past twenty years, become almost an orthodoxy, especially in the philosophy of mind. Many philosophers, however, feel uneasy about this development, and this volume is intended as a collective response to it. Together these papers, written by philosophers from Britain, the United States, and Australasia, show that physicalism faces enormous problems in every area in which it is discussed. The contributors not only investigate the well-known difficulties that physicalism has in accommodating sensory consciousness, but also bring out its inadequacies in dealing with thought, intentionality, abstract objects, (such as numbers), and principles of both theoretical and practical reason; even its ability to cope with the physical world itself is called into question. Both strong "reductionist" versions and weaker "supervenience" theories are discussed and found to face different but equally formidable obstacles. Contributors include George Bealer, Peter Forrest, John Foster, Grant Gillett, Bob Hale, Michael Lockwood, George Myro, Nicholas Nathan, David Smith, Steven Wagner, Ralph Walker, and Richard Warner.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198242565
• ISBN 13: 9780198242567
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 332
• Redattore: Robinson Howard
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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