A Beginner's Guide to Reality
Author | : Jim Baggott |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2005-09-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141042329 |
ISBN-13 | : 014104232X |
Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Beginner's Guide to Reality written by Jim Baggott and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Beginner's Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three levels - social, perceptual and physical. (Do money, colour, or photons exist?) The book systematically investigates these levels, peeling away the assumptions we make about those parts of reality that we take for granted.