Overview

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 single book, until now, has collected the key investigations into materialism, to reflect the impact it has had on current thinking in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and the theory of value. The classic papers in this collection chart contemporary problems, positions and themes in materialism. At the inivitation of the editors, many of the papers have been specially up-dated for this collection: follow-on pieces written by the contributors enable them to appraise the original paper and assess developments since the work was first published. The book's selections are largley non-technical and accessible to advanced undergraduates. The editors have provided a useful general introduction, outlining and contextualising this central system of thought, as well as a topical bilbliography. Contemporary Materialism will be vital reading for anyone concerned to discover the ideas underlying contemporary philosophy.

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Author:   Paul K. Moser ,  J. D. Trout
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415108645

ISBN 10:   0415108640
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   11 May 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

Contemorary Materialism is a collection of sixteen key articles that explore those major issues surrounding modern materialism in science and philosophy.. - Free Inquiry, Fall 1997

Contemorary Materialism is a collection of sixteen key articles that explore those major issues surrounding modern materialism in science and philosophy.. - Free Inquiry, Fall 1997

Contemorary Materialism is a collection of sixteen key articles that explore those major issues surrounding modern materialism in science and philosophy.. <br>- Free Inquiry, Fall 1997 <br>

""Contemorary Materialism is a collection of sixteen key articles that explore those major issues surrounding modern materialism in science and philosophy.."" -"" Free Inquiry, Fall 1997

Author Information

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.

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