Materialism An Affirmative History and Definition |
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| Author:
| Vitzthum, Richard C. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57392-027-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1995 |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books, Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $38.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.