Materialism by Robin Brown
Opening with materialisms early thinkers, including Epicurus, Hobbes and Hume up to Darwin and Marx, Brown and Ladyman explain how materialisms beginnings as imaginative vision of the true natures and properties of things faced a major challenge from modern physics, in the form of quantum theory and the general theory of relativity."Highly recommended for those interested in materialism as a perennial current in the history of philosophy and for those wondering how contemporary physicalism and naturalism connect with older materialist philosophies and politics" - William Lewis, Skidmore College, USA
"Brown and Ladyman offer a clear exposition of philosophical materialism much needed in these muddle-headed times. Particularly refreshing is their stress on the essential incompleteness of the explanations it provides, which distinguish it as a scientific world-view from its more strictly 'philosophical' rivals." - Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester, UK
"Highly recommended for those interested in materialism as a perennial current in the history of philosophy and for those wondering how contemporary physicalism and naturalism connect with older materialist philosophies and politics." - William Lewis, Skidmore College, USA
"Brown and Ladyman offer a clear exposition of philosophical materialism much needed in these muddle-headed times. Particularly refreshing is their stress on the essential incompleteness of the explanations it provides, which distinguish it as a scientific worldview from its more strictly 'philosophical' rivals." - Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester, UK
Robin Gordon Brown is a Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK.
James Ladyman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of Understanding Philosophy of Science (2002) and editor (with Alexander Bird) of Arguing About Science (2012), both published by Routledge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780367201340 |
| ISBN 10 | 0367201348 |
| Title | Materialism |
| Author | Robin Brown |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 142 |
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