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PublisherPrometheus Books, Publishers

ISBN-101573920274

ISBN-139781573920278

eBay Product ID (ePID)1003371

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Book TitleMaterialism : an Affirmative History and Definition

Number of Pages246 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicGeneral

GenrePhilosophy

AuthorRichard C. Vitzthum

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-025149

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal146/.3

SynopsisThis well-researched study traces the materialist hypothesis that all existence is an unbroken, material continuum from its origins in ancient Greece to modern times. Starting with Lucretius' great first-century-BC poem, The Nature of Things, it proceeds through Enlightenment materialism and Paul d'Holbach's masterpiece, The System of Nature, to 19th century materialism and Ludwig Bychner's epochal Force and Matter. It concludes by examining the 20th century literature of mind-brain materialism. Addressed to specialists and general readerse alike, Vitzthum's interdisciplinary approach avoids technical jargon as it critically reviews the premises and literature of materialism from philosophical, historical, scientific, and literary perspectives., This well-researched study traces the materialist hypothesis that all existence is an unbroken, material continuum from its origins in ancient Greece to modern times. Starting with Lucretius' great first-century-BC poem, "The Nature of Things", it proceeds through Enlightenment materialism and Paul d'Holbach's masterpiece, "The System of Nature", to 19th century materialism and Ludwig Buechner's epochal "Force and Matter". It concludes by examining the 20th century literature of mind-brain materialism. Addressed to specialists and general readers alike, Vitzthum's interdisciplinary approach avoids technical jargon as it critically reviews the premises and literature of materialism from philosophical, historical, scientific, and literary perspectives., This well-researched study traces the materialist hypothesis that all existence is an unbroken, material continuum from its origins in ancient Greece to modern times. Starting with Lucretius' great first-century-BC poem, The Nature of Things, it proceeds through Enlightenment materialism and Paul d'Holbach's masterpiece, The System of Nature, to 19th century materialism and Ludwig Buechner's epochal Force and Matter. It concludes by examining the 20th century literature of mind-brain materialism. Addressed to specialists and general readers alike, Vitzthum's interdisciplinary approach avoids technical jargon as it critically reviews the premises and literature of materialism from philosophical, historical, scientific, and literary perspectives., This well-researched study traces the materialist hypothesis that all existence is an unbroken, material continuum from its origins in ancient Greece to modern times. Starting with Lucretius' great first-century-BC poem, The Nature of Things, it proceeds through Enlightenment materialism and Paul d'Holbach's masterpiece, The System of Nature, to 19th century materialism and Ludwig Bychner's epochal Force and Matter. It concludes by examining the 20th century literature of mind-brain materialism.Addressed to specialists and general readerse alike, Vitzthum's interdisciplinary approach avoids technical jargon as it critically reviews the premises and literature of materialism from philosophical, historical, scientific, and literary perspectives., Traces the materialist hypothesis that all existence is an unbroken, material continuum from its origins in ancient Greece to modern times. Starting with Lucretius' first-century-BC poem, "The Nature of Things", this work concludes by examining the 20th century literature of mind-brain materialism.

LC Classification NumberB825.V57 1995