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Is reality independent of our thinking, or does it depend on our point of view? Robert Kirk provides a clear account of this debate from the Greek philosophers to Wittgenstein and Rorty. Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers go much further and argue that everything that exists depends on us, arguing that 'even reality is relative'. Can we accept such a claim in the face of events such as floods and other natural disasters or events seemingly beyond our control? 'Realists' argue that reality is independent of out thinking. 'Relativists' disagree, arguing that what there is depends on our point of view. Which is right? Robert Kirk provides a crystal clear account of this debate from the Greek philosophers to Wittgenstein and Rorty. Along the way, he unpacks some of the more complicated issues surrounding ideas of objectivity, subjectivity, pragmatism and realism essential for those beginning any study of philosphy.

Metaphysics --- Theory of knowledge --- Realism --- Realisme --- Realisme (Filosofie) --- Relativism --- Relativisme --- Relativisme (Filosofie) --- Relativisme (Philosophie) --- Relativiteit --- Relativity --- Relativité --- Réalisme --- Réalisme (Philosophie) --- Realism. --- Relativity. --- Réalisme (philosophie) --- Relativisme. --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Reality --- Relationism --- Empiricism --- Philosophy --- Universals (Philosophy) --- Conceptualism --- Dualism --- Idealism --- Materialism --- Nominalism --- Positivism --- Rationalism --- Réalisme (philosophie)

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Philosophical anthropology --- Theory of knowledge --- Consciousness --- Materialism --- Mind and body --- Other minds (Theory of knowledge) --- Zombies --- Minds of others (Theory of knowledge) --- Body and mind --- Body and soul (Philosophy) --- Human body --- Mind --- Mind-body connection --- Mind-body relations --- Mind-cure --- Somatopsychics --- Physicalism --- Zombis --- Miscellanea --- Psychological aspects --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Brain --- Dualism --- Holistic medicine --- Mental healing --- Parousia (Philosophy) --- Phrenology --- Psychophysiology --- Self --- Animism --- Philosophy --- Positivism --- Idealism --- Mechanism (Philosophy) --- Monism --- Realism --- Apperception --- Perception --- Psychology --- Spirit --- Dead

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Mind and body. --- Esprit et corps.

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"Could robots be genuinely intelligent? Could they be conscious? Could there be zombies? Prompted by these questions Robert Kirk introduces the main problems of consciousness and sets out a new approach to solving them. He starts by discussing behaviourism, Turing's test of intelligence and Searle's famous Chinese Room argument, and goes on to examine dualism the idea that consciousness requires something beyond the physical together with its opposite, physicalism. Probing the idea of zombies, he concludes they are logically impossible. Having presented the central problems, he sketches his solution: a version of functionalism, according to which consciousness consists in the performance of functions. While there is wide agreement among philosophers about what the main problems of consciousness are, there is little agreement on how to go about solving them. With this powerful case for his version of functionalism, Kirk offers an engaging introduction to both the problems and a possible solution."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Consciousness. --- Functionalism (Psychology) --- Other minds (Theory of knowledge) --- Robots --- Zombies --- Miscellanea.

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This book is all about how companies are applying the key principles in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and shows this by use of extensive examples of UK company accounts. The book provides coverage of the key points of each standard and links that with actual practice. It is not a detailed guidance book as such, or a transistion book from UK standards to IFRS, but a quick reference for the busy accountant which shows how to apply the key points of each standard by reference to how other companies have done it.Robert Kirk BSc (Econ) FCA CPA trained in Belfast

International business enterprises --- Financial statements --- Accounting --- Standards. --- Accounting and review services statements --- Accounting standards --- GAAP (Accounting) --- Generally accepted accounting principles