TY - BOOK AU - McMullin,  Ernan TI - The Concept of matter in modern philosophy SN - 9780268007072268007071 AV - BD648 .C66 1978 PY - 1978/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. : PB - University of Notre Dame Press, KW - Matter Congresses.Philosophy, Modern Congresses N1 - 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 ER -