The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of
philosopher, John Mc Dowell.
* Contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished
philosophers on Mc Dowell’s work, along with substantial
replies to each by Mc Dowell himself.
* The contributors are philosophers with international
reputations for their work in the areas in which they are
contributing.
* Covers the whole of Mc Dowell’s philosophy, including his
contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy
of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and
epistemology.
* Mc Dowell’s replies to the contributions in this volume
contribute to the body of his work.
قائمة المحتويات
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction ix
1 Austerity and Openness 1
R. M. Sainsbury
Response to Sainsbury 14
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2 Reason and Language 22
Richard G. Heck, Jr.
Response to Heck 45
JOHN Mc DOWELL
3 Some Philosophical Integrations 50
Akeel Bilgrami
Response to Bilgrami 66
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4 Self-Knowledge and Inner Space 73
CYNTHIA Mac DONALD
Response to Macdonald 89
JOHN Mc DOWELL
5 Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical 95
Carol Rovane
Response to Rovane 114
JOHN Mc DOWELL
6 Acting in the Light of the Appearances 121
Jonathan Dancy
Response to Dancy 134
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7 External Reasons 142
Philip Pettit and Michael Smith
Response to Pettit and Smith 170
JOHN Mc DOWELL
8 Aristotle’s Use of Prudential Concepts 180
T. H. Irwin
Response to Irwin 198
JOHN Mc DOWELL
9 Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog 203
Simon Blackburn
Response to Blackburn 217
JOHN Mc DOWELL
10 The Two Natures: Another Dogma? 222
GRAHAM Mac DONALD
Response to Macdonald 235
JOHN Mc DOWELL
Index 240
عن المؤلف
Cynthia Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at
Queen’s University Belfast and Adjunct Professor of
Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her
previous publications include Mind-Body Identity
Theories (1989), Varieties of Things: Foundations of
Contemporary Metaphysics (Blackwell, 2005), and she is
co-editor, with Stephen Laurence, of Contemporary Readings in
the Foundations of Metaphysics (Blackwell, 1998).
Graham Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Distinguished
International Fellow at the Institute of Cognition and Culture,
Queen’s University Belfast. He is co-author, with Philip
Pettit, of Semantics and Social Science (1980). In addition,
he is editor of Perception and Identity: Essays Presented to A.
J. Ayer, with His Replies to Them (1979), co-editor, with
Crispin Wright, of Fact, Science, and Morality (Blackwell,
1986), and co-editor, with Philip Catton, of Karl Popper:
Critical Appraisals (2004).
Together, they have edited Philosophy of Psychology: Debates
on Psychological Explanation and Connectionism: Debates on
Psychological Explanation (both Blackwell, 1995).
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