Thinking Matter: Consciousness from Aristotle to Putnam and Sartre / Edition 1

by Joseph S. Catalano

Overview

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415926645
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/08/2000
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph S. Catalano is an internationally recognized Sartre scholar and Professor Emeritus at Kean University of at Kean University of New Jersey. He is the author of classic commentaries on Jean-Paul Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason and Being and Nothingness, and of Good Faith and Other Essays (1996).

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Perspective I: The Body and the World 1.Matter and Pure Enquiry 2.Moving Matter, Thinking Thoughts 3.Knowledge as Worldmaking 4.Matters and Modalities II: On Names and Things 5.Names and Things 6.The Transcendence of Mind 7.The Written Word Conclusion: The Anthropocentric Universe Appendix I: The Snub and the Population Question Appendix II: On Names Selected Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"...unusual and interesting... rare and sophisticated... The writing is brisk and clear, the index and bibliography excellent. Recommended for all collections Choice."
"...a new, imaginative, and thought provoking perspective on how one is to view the world of matter...apart from the unusual clarity with which this book is written, what I found to be quite remarkable is that Catalano is at home in both the continental and analytical traditions of philosophy." — Calvin O. Schrag, author of The Self After Postmodernity

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