Matter and Sense: A Critique of Contemporary Materialism

by Howard Robinson

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The assumption of materialism (in its many forms) Howard Robinson believes is false. In his book he presents a very forceful critique of the modern forms that materialism has taken. In telling discussions of the theory of supervenience put forward by Davidson and Peacocke, the central state materialism attributable to Smart, Armstrong and others, Putnam's functionalism, and Rorty's disappearance theory, he shows that, whatever their local inconsistencies,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521114748

ISBN13:9780521114745

Release Date:June 2009

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:144 Pages

Weight:0.42 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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