2. What Do Objects Depend On? Physical Substance, Matter, and the External World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: Taking Interdependence Seriously 1
4. 1. It Depends: Contingent Existence 6
5. 2. What Do Objects Depend On? Physical Substance, Matter, and the External World 20
6. 3. What Does Sensing Depend On? Transduction, Energy, and the Meeting of Worlds 41
7. 4. What Do Organisms Depend On? Bodies, Selves, and Internal Worlds 70
8. 5. What Does Order Depend On? Patterns, Gaps, and the Known World 85
9. Conclusion: Life as We Know It Notes 99
10. Notes 107
11. References 119
12. Index 123
13. Acknowledgments: What Does This Book Depend On? 129