John Foster

The Case for Idealism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1982, the aim of this book is a controversial one - to refute, by the most rigorous philosophical methods, physical realism and to develop and defend in its place a version of phenomenalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780367720421
• ISBN-10: 0367720426
• Artikelnr.: 67261477

Autorenporträt

John Foster

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part 1: An Outline of the Issues 1. The Options 2. Berkeley's
System 3. The Nature of Anti-Realism Part 2: The Topic-Neutrality Thesis
4. The Inscrutability of Matter 5. Matter in Space 6. The Confinement of
Qualia 7. Mentalistic Realism Part 3: The Refutation of Realism 8.
Nomological Deviance 9. A Defence of the Nomological Thesis 10. Spatial
Anti-Realism 11. Full Anti-Realism Part 4: The Case for Phenomenalism 12.
The Rejection of the Isomorphism-Requirement 13. The Principles of Creation
14. The Challenge of Nihilism 15. The Two Frameworks Part 5: The Nature of
Time 16. The Construction of Inter-Subjective Time 17. The Underlying
Reality. Notes. Index.