Contents

Preface

A preliminary disambiguation

An outline of the history of materialismPart I

The heart of materialism One

Materialist thought in the ancient worldTwo

The triumphs of materialism: the mechanical philosophy, the scientific revolution and the EnlightenmentThree

Materialism in the nineteenth centuryFour

The evolution of materialism into physicalismPart II

The challenges to materialism from post-Newtonian physicsFive

Physicalist responses to the problems of materialismSix

The heart of physicalismSeven

Physicalism in the twenty-first centuryEight

Bibliography

Name Index