Materialism

Introduction
Types of materialist theory
- Types distinguished by departures from the paradigm
- Type distinguished by its view of history
- Types distinguished by their account of mind
History of materialism
- Greek and Roman materialism
- Modern materialism
- Twentieth-century materialism
  - Translation central-state theories
  - Disappearance central-state theories
- Eastern materialism
Substantive issues in materialism
- Reductionism, consciousness, and the brain
- Logic, intentionality, and psychical research

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Bronze bust of Epicurus with a full beard and draped clothing, displayed on a round inscribed base at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes

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Bronze bust of Epicurus with a full beard and draped clothing, displayed on a round inscribed base at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Epicurus

Epicurus, bronze bust from a Greek original, c. 280–270 bce;...

© Luigi Spina/Electa—Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National...

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London

Rudolf Carnap

Rudolf Carnap

German-born American philosopher Rudolf Carnap, 1960.

Courtesy of the University of California, Los Angeles

David Lewis

David Lewis

American philosopher of possible worlds David Lewis.

Courtesy of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

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