Real Materialism

and Other Essays

Galen Strawson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:29th May '08

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Real Materialism draws together papers written over twenty years by Galen Strawson in philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Strawson focuses on five main areas of enquiry: [1] the nature of the physical, consciousness, the 'mind-body problem', and the prospects for panpsychism; [2] the self, the subject of experience, self-consciousness, and the 'narrative' self; [3] free will and moral responsibility; [4] the nature of thought and intentionality and their connection with consciousness; [5] the problem of causation with particular reference to the philosophy of David Hume.

gives a clear, rational and sympathetic picture of humanity's place in a wholly material rrality. * John Dance, Journal of Consciousness Studies *
Strawson's work is not like that of any other contemporary philosopher. He is fiercely hostile to many of the assumptions and practices which contemporary philosophy has inherited from the twentieth century, which he regards as ' the silliest of all centuries'. One gets the feeling, reading these essays, that Strawson believes that the philosophers of the future will find it difficult to relate to the mindset of their predecessors, who felt able to deny the existence of conscious experience (over and above functional/physical properties) and causation (over and above regularity). Perhaps he is right. If so, then Real Materialism will be viewed as a rare beacon of common sense in an ocean of intellectual eccentricity. * Philip Goff, Philosophical Quarterly *
immensely interesting and provocative, and written in an enjoyably combative style ... a fascinating and engrossing collection of papers, of which every one is deserving of detailed discussion. * Geoffrey Madell, Philosophy *

ISBN: 9780199267422

Dimensions: 242mm x 162mm x 32mm

Weight: 879g

488 pages