Graham Dunstan Martin (21 October 1932,

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. Martin was an opponent of

materialist Materialism is a form of philosophical monism according to which matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materia ...

philosophy. He was the author of ''Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists'' which gravitates towards

idealism Idealism in philosophy, also known as philosophical realism or metaphysical idealism, is the set of metaphysics, metaphysical perspectives asserting that, most fundamentally, reality is equivalent to mind, Spirit (vital essence), spirit, or ...

and

neutral monism Neutral monism is an umbrella term for a class of metaphysical theories in the philosophy of mind, concerning the relation of mind to matter. These theories take the fundamental nature of reality to be neither mental nor physical; in other words i ...

as an alternative. He also authored ''Living On Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value'' which argued for purpose and value in the universe.

Selected publications

Fiction

*''Giftwish'' (Drew, 1978) Bookfinder
/ref> *''Catchfire'' (Drew, 1981) *'' The Soul Master'' (Unwin, 1984) *'' Time-Slip'' (Unwin, 1986) *'' The Dream Wall'' (Unwin Hyman, 1987) *''Half a Glass of Moonshine'' (Unwin Hyman, 1988)

Non-fiction

*''Shadows in the Cave: Mapping the Conscious Universe'' (London: Penguin Arkana, 1990) *''An Inquiry into the Purposes of Speculative Fiction – Fantasy and Truth'' (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2003) *''Living on Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value'' (Floris, 2008) *''Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists''. Edinburgh: Floris, 2005. *''Language Truth and Poetry: Notes Towards a Philosophy of Literature''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1975. *''The Architecture of Experience: A Discussion of the Role of Language and Literature in the Construction of the World''. Edinburgh: At the University Press, 1981.

Edited

*''Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry''. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975.

Translated

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, m ...

. ''The Graveyard by the Sea.'' Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971. *

Louise Labé Louise Charlin Perrin Labé ( – 25 April 1566), also identified as La Belle Cordière ("The Fair Ropemaker") after her father's job, was a French Renaissance poet from Lyon. Biography Louise Labé was born in Lyon, into a family of ropemakers ...

, pseud. Charly van Louise , ''Sonnets.'' With Introduction and Commentaries by Peter Sharratt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1974. *

Jules Laforgue Jules Laforgue (; 16 August 1860 – 20 August 1887) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry has been called "part-symbo ...

, ''Selected Poems''. London, England: Penguin Books, 1998.

References

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