Epimethean imaginings : philosophical and other meditations on everyday light / / Raymond Tallis

• Autore: Tallis Raymond
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Reflection (Philosophy)
• Note generali: First published in 2014 by Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface: The Epimethean Vision; Acknowledgements; I ANALYSES; 1. Seeing and Believing; 2. Where Is that Itch?; 3. Knowledge and the Subjective Qualities of Experience; 4. Does Rover Believe Anything?; 5. Draining the River and Quivering the Arrow; 6. Mistaking Mathematics for Reality; 7. Could the Universe (Even) Give a Toss?; 8. Causes as (Local) Oomph; II TETCHY INTERLUDES; 9. The Shocking Yawn; 10. The Fight Against (e.g. My) Stupidity; 11. Colonic Material of a Taurine Provenance; 12. Mission Drift ; III CELEBRATIONS13. Anteroom; 14. Words; 15. Voices; 16. Two Fragments of Sculpted Air; 17. Lexical Snacks; 18. "Honestly, I Think the World's Gone Quite Mad"; 19. The Librarian's Voice; 20. Against the Promethean Libel; 21. Reimagining the Wheel; 22. Sail: Of Trades and Winds; 23. Mad Artefacts; 24. A Can of Beans; Coda: Ink; Envoi: Justifying the Search; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: These essays, written in the spirit of Goethe's Epimetheus who ""traces the quick deed to the dim realm of form-combining possibilities"", display the depth and breadth of Tallis's fascination with our lives. Whether discussing philosophical ""hardy perennials"" like time, or a mundane artefact like ink, Tallis challenges us to think differently about who we are and why we are. The first part of the book - Analysis - dives into the deep-end to explore some of the big questions in philosophy: perception, knowledge and belief; time; the relationship between mathematics and reality; and probabili
• Titolo autorizzato: Epimethean imaginings
• ISBN: 1-317-54578-8; 1-315-72939-3; 1-317-54579-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787046203321
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