| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Part One; Introduction: Philosophy and Physics; 1. The Concept of Matter; Postscript: Particles as Fields: An Objection; Appendix 1: The Uniformity of Matter; Appendix 2: Divisibility and Size; 2. What Is a Physical Object?; 3. The Possibility of Motion; 4. Motion, Change, and Physics; 5. The Law of Inertia; 6. Mass, Gravity, and Motion; 7. Electric Charge: A Case Study; 8. Two Types of Science; 9. The Ontology of Energy; 10. Consciousness as a Form of Matter; 11. Matter and Meaning; Part Two; Foreword to Principia Metaphysica; Principia Metaphysica; Index; A; B; C |
| Summary |
In 'Basic Structures of Reality', Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Physics -- Philosophy.
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Metaphysics.
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First philosophy.
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metaphysics.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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First philosophy
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Metaphysics
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Physics -- Philosophy
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Metaphysik
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Physik
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Philosophie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199909537 |
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0199909539 |
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9781283427883 |
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1283427885 |
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9780199919529 |
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0199919526 |
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