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040 _aEBLCP
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049 _aNTA
050 0 4 _aB105
_b.E656 2014
100 1 _aTallis, Raymond.
_e1
245 1 0 _aEpimethean imaginings
_bphilosophical and other meditations on everyday light.
_c
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c(c)2014.
300 _a1 online resource (333 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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500 _aDescription based upon print version of record.
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505 0 0 _aI: --
_tANALYSES
505 0 0 _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.
505 0 0 _aII: --
_tTETCHY INTERLUDES
505 0 0 _a9 The shocking yawn --
_t10 The fight against (e.g. my) stupidity --
_t11 Colonic material of a taurine provenance --
_t12 Mission drift.
505 0 0 _aIII --
_tCELEBRATIONS
505 0 0 _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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650 0 _aReflection (Philosophy)
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell