The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell - Erik C. Banks

The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell

Neutral Monism Reconceived

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Buch | Softcover
226 Seiten
2016
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-42376-3 (ISBN)
33,65 inkl. MwSt
This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers can be connected, and applying their ideas to contemporary problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science.
In the early twentieth century, Ernst Mach, William James, and Bertrand Russell founded a philosophical and scientific movement known as 'neutral monism', based on the view that minds and physical objects are constructed out of elements or events which are neither mental nor physical, but neutral between the two. This movement offers a unified scientific outlook which includes sensations in human experience and events in the world of physics under one roof. In this book Erik C. Banks discusses this important movement as a whole for the first time. He explores the ways in which the three philosophers can be connected, and applies their ideas to contemporary problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science - in particular the relation of sensations to brain processes, and the problem of constructing extended bodies in space and time from particular events and causal relations.

Erik C. Banks is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Wright State University, Ohio. He is also the author of Ernst Mach's World Elements (2003).

Introduction. An overview of realistic empiricism; 1. Mach: physical elements; 2. Mach: philosophy of psychology; 3. William James' direct realism: a reconstruction; 4. Russell's neutral monism: 1919–27; 5. Enhanced physicalism; 6. The problem of extension: a constructivist program; Appendix. An outline of realistic empiricism.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 1 Halftones, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 228 mm
Gewicht 340 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-107-42376-7 / 1107423767
ISBN-13 978-1-107-42376-3 / 9781107423763
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