Book ID: CBB705348877

The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell (2014)

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Banks, Erik C. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 227 pages
Language: English

In the early twentieth century, Ernst Mach, William James, and Bertrand Russell founded a philosophical and scientific movement known as 'neutral monism', based on the view that minds and physical objects are constructed out of elements or events which are neither mental nor physical, but neutral between the two. This movement offers a unified scientific outlook which includes sensations in human experience and events in the world of physics under one roof. In this book Erik C. Banks discusses this important movement as a whole for the first time. He explores the ways in which the three philosophers can be connected, and applies their ideas to contemporary problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science - in particular the relation of sensations to brain processes, and the problem of constructing extended bodies in space and time from particular events and causal relations.

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Authors & Contributors
Gori, Pietro
Polak, Paweł
Brecevic, Char
ten Hagen, Sjang L.
Waal, Elske de
Ernst, Florian
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Physics
Philosophy
Epistemology
History of philosophy of science
Mathematics
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
Places
Europe
Germany
Cracow (Poland)
Ukraine
Russia
Poland
Institutions
Uniwersytet Lwowski (Lwów, Poland)
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