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_aB105 _b.E656 2014 |
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_aTallis, Raymond. _e1 |
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_aEpimethean imaginings _bphilosophical and other meditations on everyday light. _c |
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_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c(c)2014. |
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_aI: -- _tANALYSES |
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_a1 Seeing and believing -- _t2 Where is that itch? -- _t3 Knowledge and the subjective qualities of experience -- _t4 Does rover believe anything? -- _t5 Draining the river and quivering the arrow -- _t6 Mistaking mathematics for reality -- _t7 Could the universe (even) give a toss? -- _t8 Causes as (local) oomph. |
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_aII: -- _tTETCHY INTERLUDES |
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_a9 The shocking yawn -- _t10 The fight against (e.g. my) stupidity -- _t11 Colonic material of a taurine provenance -- _t12 Mission drift. |
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_aIII -- _tCELEBRATIONS |
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_a13 Anteroom -- _t14 Words -- _t15 Voices -- _t16 Two fragments of sculpted air -- _t17 Lexical snacks -- _t18 "Honestly, I think the world's gone quite mad" -- _t19 The librarian's voice -- _t20 Against the promethean libel -- _t21 Reimagining the wheel -- _t22 Sail: of trades and winds -- _t23 Mad artefacts -- _t24 A can of beans; coda: ink -- _tEnvoi: justifying the search. |
520 | 0 | _aThese 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. | |
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655 | 1 | _aElectronic Books. | |
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_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell |