Physicalism and Its Discontents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521042123)

Physicalism is the philosophical view that everything in the space-time world is ultimately physical. This collection of new essays offers a series of "state-of-the-art" perspectives on this important doctrine and brings new depth and breadth to the philosophical debate. A group of distinguished philosophers, comprising both physicalists and their critics, consider a wide range of issues including the historical genesis and present justification of physicalism, its metaphysical presuppositions and methodological role, its implications for mental causation, and the account it provides of consciousness.

Author: Carl Gillett
ISBN-10: 0521042127
ISBN-13: 9780521042123
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2007
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d