Knowledge and reality : selected essays /

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Author / Creator:McGinn, Colin, 1950-
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (330 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194689
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ISBN:9780191519376
0191519375
0199251584
9780199251582
9780191598012
0191598011
9786612051890
6612051892
128205189X
9781282051898
9780198238232
0198238231
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Knowledge and Reality brings together a selection of Colin McGinn's philosophical essays from the 1970s to the 1990s, taking as its theme the relationship between the mind and the world.
Other form:Print version: McGinn, Colin, 1950- Knowledge and reality. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0198238231 9780198238232
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Summary:Knowledge and Reality brings together a selection of Colin McGinn's philosophical essays from the 1970s to the 1990s, whose unifying theme is the relation between the mind and the world. The essays range over a set of prominent topics in contemporary philosophy, including the analysis of knowledge, the a priori, necessity, possible worlds, realism, mental representation, appearance and reality, and colour. McGinn has written a new postscript to each essay, placing it in its philosophical context by sketching the background against which it was written, explaining its relations to other notable work, and offering his current reflections on the topic. The volume thus traces the development of McGinn's ideas and their role in some central philosophical debates. Seen together the essays offer a many-sided defence of realism, while emphasizing the epistemological price that realism exacts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191519376
0191519375
0199251584
9780199251582
9780191598012
0191598011
9786612051890
6612051892
128205189X
9781282051898
9780198238232
0198238231