390 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
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Contemporary Materialism brings together the best recent work on materialism from many of our leading contemporary philosophers. This is the first comprehensive reader on the subject. The majority of philosophers and scientists today hold the view that all phenomena are physical, as a result materialism or 'physicalism' is now the dominant ontology in a wide range of fields. Surprisingly no... Read more
General Introduction: Contemporary Materialism Part I Materialism and Naturalism 1 Naturalism, Materialism, and First Philosophy POSTSCRIPT: “NATURALISM, MATERIALISM, AND FIRST PHILOSOPHY” RECONSIDERED 2 Special Sciences 3 There is no Question of Physicalism Part II Materialism and Mind 4 Sensations and Brain Processes 5 Mental Events 6 Philosophy and our Mental Life 7 The Myth of Nonreductive Materialism 8 Eliminative Materialism and the Prepositional Attitudes POSTSCRIPT: EVALUATING OUR SELF CONCEPTION 9 What Mary Didn’t Know Part III Materialism and Meaning 10 Things and their Place in Theories 11 Physicalism and the Indeterminacy of Translation 12 Why There Isn’t a Ready-made World 13 Evolution, Error, and Intentionality POSTSCRIPT Part IV: Materialism and Value 14 The Scientific and the Ethical 15 How to be a Moral Realist POSTSCRIPT: MATERIALISM AND REALISM IN METAETHICS 16 How to be an Ethical Antirealist
Biography
Paul K. Moser is Professor of Philosophy and J.D. Trout is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct at the Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago.
