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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Brown, Robin (Robin Gordon), author. | Ladyman, James, 1969- author.

Title: Materialism : a philosophical inquiry / Robin Brown and James Ladyman.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019000841| ISBN 9780367201333 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780367201340 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780429259739 (ebk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Materialism–History.

Classification: LCC B825 .B74 2019 | DDC 146/.3–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019000841

ISBN: 978-0-367-20133-3 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-20134-0 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-0-429-25973-9 (ebk)