Basic structures of reality : essays in meta-physics / Colin McGinn.

Author
McGinn, Colin, 1950- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Description
viii, 243 p. ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The concept of matter
    • What is a physical object?
    • The possibility of motion
    • Motion, change, and phyiscs
    • The law of inertia
    • Mass, gravity, and motion
    • Electric charge: a case study
    • Two types of science
    • The ontology of energy
    • Consciousness as a form of matter
    • Matter and meaning
    • Foreword to Principia metaphysica
    • Principia metaphysica.
    ISBN
    • 9780199841103 ((alk. paper))
    • 0199841101 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2011009272
    OCLC
    707725949
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