How Long to Read Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction

How Long Does it Take to Read Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction by Charles T. Wolfe

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Description

This book provides an overview of key features of (philosophical) materialism, in historical perspective. It is, thus, a study in the history and philosophy of materialism, with a particular focus on the early modern and Enlightenment periods, leading into the 19th and 20th centuries. For it was in the 18th century that the word was first used by a philosopher (La Mettrie) to refer to himself. Prior to that, ‘materialism’ was a pejorative term, used for wicked thinkers, as a near-synonym to ‘atheist’, ‘Spinozist’ or the delightful ‘Hobbist’. The book provides the different forms of materialism, particularly distinguished into claims about the material nature of the world and about the material nature of the mind, and then focus on materialist approaches to body and embodiment, selfhood, ethics, laws of nature, reductionism and determinism, and overall, its relationship to science. For materialism is often understood as a kind of philosophical facilitator of the sciences, and the author want to suggest that is not always the case. Materialism takes on different forms and guises in different historical, ideological and scientific contexts as well, and the author wants to do justice to that diversity. Figures discussed include Lucretius, Hobbes, Gassendi, Spinoza, Toland, Collins, La Mettrie, Diderot, d’Holbach and Priestley; Büchner, Bergson, J.J.C. Smart and D.M. Armstrong.

How long is Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction?

Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction by Charles T. Wolfe is 134 pages long, and a total of 34,036 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 5 minutes to read Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction aloud.

What Reading Level is Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction?

Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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