Title: A beginner's guide to reality /
Authors: Baggott, J. E.
Publisher: Pegasus Books,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Reality.
Abstract: Have you ever wondered if the world is really there when you're not looking? We tend to take the reality of our world very much for granted. This book will lead you down the rabbit hole in search of something we can point to, hang our hats on and say this is real. On the way, Jim Baggott examines some of the things that have been said about reality by a few of the world's greatest thinkers--from the philosophers of ancient Greece to modern scientists and social theorists. ... Distributor description.
Contents: I: Social reality, or is money real? -- Hyperreal -- Living in a material world -- Me, myself,...we -- II: The doors of perception, or are colours real? -- The prisoner -- Descartes' demon -- Brains in a vat -- Are you experienced? -- Doppelgänger -- III: Physical reality, or are photons real? -- Terra firma? -- Rise of the Danish priesthood -- For whom the bells tolls -- Reality in loops and strings -- The persistent illusion.