{"product_id":"appearance-in-reality-hardcover","title":"Appearance in Reality - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Heil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAppearance in Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, John Heil addresses a question at the heart of metaphysics: how are the appearances related to reality, how does what we find in the sciences comport with what we encounter in everyday experience and in the laboratory? Objects, for instance, appear to be colourful, noisy, self-contained, and massively interactive. Physics tells us they are dynamic swarms of colourless particles, or disturbances in fields, or something equally strange. Is what we experience illusory, present only in our minds? But then what are minds? Do minds elude physics? Or are the physicist's depictions mere constructs with no claim to reality? Perhaps reality is hierarchical: physics encompasses the fundamental things, the less than fundamental things are dependent on, but distinct from these. Heil's investigation advances a fourth possibility: the scientific image (what we have in physics) affords our best guide to the nature of what the appearances are appearances \u003cem\u003eof\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Heil, \u003cem\u003eWashington University in St Louis, Durham University, and Monash University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Heil is professor of philosophy at Washington University in St Louis and at Durham University, and an Honorary Research Associate at Monash University. He works primarily on topics in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind and is author of a number of books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Universe as We Find It\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2012), \u003cem\u003eFrom an Ontological Point of View\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2003), \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2012), \u003cem\u003eThe Nature of True Minds\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge, 1992), and \u003cem\u003ePerception and Cognition\u003c\/em\u003e (California, 1983). He is Editor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of the American Philosophical Association\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728249786431,"sku":"9780198865452","price":205.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ea1e516e5779c0a7e23ff5f9d8ce143d.webp?v=1765117807","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/appearance-in-reality-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}