01182nam a2200169Ia 4500 230823s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9780268007072268007071 eng BD648 .C66 1978 The Concept of matter in modern philosophy / edited by Ernan McMullin  Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 1978 viii, 304 p. ; 23 cm. Introduction / Ernan McMullin -- pt. 1. From Matter to mass: Descartes' concept of matter / Richard J. Blackwell -- Matter in seventeenth century science / Marie Boas Hall -- The rejection of Newton's concept of matter in the eighteenth century / J.E. McGuire & P.M. Heimann -- Action at a distance / Mary B. Hesse -- pt. 2. The concept of matter in modern philosophy -- Kant's doctrine of matter / John E. Smith -- Materialism and matter in Marxism-Leninism / N. Lobkowicz -- Phenomenalism without paradox / Kenneth Sayre -- Matter and event / Richard Rorty -- Matter as act / Robert O. Johann -- Epilogue: eight problems / Ernan McMullin. Matter Congresses.Philosophy, Modern Congresses. McMullin,  Ernan 45903 45903