Understanding Physicalism / / Gregor M. Hörzer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Hörzer, Gregor M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind , 43
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 243 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; List of abbreviations --; 1 Introduction --; 2 “I want it all” --; 3 “Physical” --; 4 “The bare necessities” --; 5 “Higher Ground” --; 6 Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index of names --; Index of subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110688429; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110659061; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704822; 9783110704648
• ISSN: 2512-5168
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110688429
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gregor M. Hörzer.

Physicalism is a metaphysical thesis easily presented in slogan form – there is nothing over and above the physical – but notoriously difficult to formulate precisely. Understanding physicalism combines insights from contemporary philosophy of mind and metaphysics to present a new account of physical properties and metaphysical dependence and, on this foundation, develop a more rigorous and illuminating formulation of the thesis of physicalism