Reality: A Very Short Introduction

Is matter real? Are persons real? Is time real? This Very Short Introduction discusses what, if anything, is "real" by looking at a variety of arguments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science. Jan Westerhoff shows that the question "what is real?" is not some esoteric puzzle that only philosophers ponder. Scientists also ask this question when they investigate whether candidates for the fundamental constituents of matter are actually "out there" or just a mere abstraction from a successful theory and cognitive scientists ask it when trying to find out which set of the bewildering array of data processed by our brain could constitute the basis for the self.

Author: Jan Westerhoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/13/2012
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.10w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780199594412
ISBN10: 0199594414
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | General

About the Author

Jan Westerhoff is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Durham.