Beginner's Guide to Reality e-bog
108,68 DKK
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A Beginner's Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three levels - social, perceptual and physical. (Do money, colour, or photons exist?) The book systematically investigates these leve...
E-bog
108,68 DKK
Forlag
Penguin
Udgivet
1 september 2005
Længde
272 sider
Genrer
Topics in philosophy
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780141042329
A Beginner's Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three levels - social, perceptual and physical. (Do money, colour, or photons exist?) The book systematically investigates these levels, peeling away the assumptions we make about those parts of reality that we take for granted.