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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777516003321

Autore

Drescher Gary L

Titolo

Good and real : demystifying paradoxes from physics to ethics / / Gary L. Drescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006

ISBN

0-262-29389-7

1-282-09801-2

9786612098017

0-262-27194-X

1-4237-7445-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Disciplina

146/.6

Soggetti

Mechanism (Philosophy)

Philosophy of mind

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-337) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining a series of provocative paradoxes about consciousness, choice, ethics, and other topics, Good and Real tries to reconcile a purely mechanical view of the universe with key aspects of our subjective impressions of our own existence.