Reality: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

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Westerhoff, Jan

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9780199594412: Reality: A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN 10: 0199594414 ISBN 13: 9780199594412
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Is matter real? Are persons real? Is time real? This Very Short Introduction discusses what, if anything, is "real" by looking at a variety of arguments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science. Jan Westerhoff shows that the question "what is real?" is not some esoteric puzzle that only philosophers ponder. Scientists also ask this question when they investigate whether candidates for the fundamental constituents of matter are actually "out there" or just a mere abstraction from a successful theory and cognitive scientists ask it when trying to find out which set of the bewildering array of data processed by our brain could constitute the basis for the self.

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About the Author

Jan Westerhoff is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Durham.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199594414
ISBN 13 
9780199594412
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
144
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