Materialism : a historical and philosophical inquiry / Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman.
Materialism : a historical and philosophical inquiry / Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman.
Materialism : a historical and philosophical inquiry / Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/3074
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 142 pages ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The heart of materialism -- Materialist thought in the ancient world -- The triumphs of materialism: the mechanical philosophy, the scientific revolution and the enlightenment -- Materialism in the nineteenth century -- The challenges to materialism from post-Newtonian physics -- Physicalist respons...
Publication information
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"The doctrine of materialism is one of the perennial and most controversial ideas in the arts and sciences. Throughout history it has aroused strong passions, and in the Sixteenth and Twentieth centuries was a doctrine over which people were persecuted and killed. Yet it has been equally aligned with empirical, enlightened and tolerant thinking. Th...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Materialism : a historical and philosophical inquiry / Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2019/3074
Record Identifier
74VKVx7ROvvO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVx7ROvvO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780367201333 hardcover alkaline paper
036720133X hardcover alkaline paper
9780367201340 paperback alkaline paper
0367201348 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
146.3
MMS ID
991024246483102626
