Objections to physicalism

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Objections to physicalism

Responsibility	edited by Howard Robinson
Material Type	Book
Publication	Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1993
Language	English
Size	vi, 326 p. ; 23 cm
Abstract	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 intend...d 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. show more

Status	Volume	Location	Call No.	Printed	Collection Name	Barcode No.	Comments	Reserve	Copy	Automatic archive
		Central Library 2A	111.6/R 54/2	1993		068582193002350		Reserve			Reserve
		Central Library 2C_1‐14	哲学/404J/145	1993		068052193011517		Reserve			Reserve

Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-324) and index
Authors	Robinson, Howard
Subjects	LCSH:Materialism
Classification	NDC8:111.6 LCC:B825 DC20:146/.3
ID	1000058060
ISBN	0198242565
NCID	BA20333101
Vol	ISBN:0198242565
Created Date	2009.09.10
Modified Date	2009.09.10