Millikan and Her Critics offers a unique critical discussion
of Ruth Millikan’s highly regarded, influential, and systematic
contributions to philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of
biology, epistemology, and metaphysics. These newly written
contributions present discussion from some of the most important
philosophers in the field today and include replies from
Millikan herself.
* Comprises 13 new essays that critically examine the highly
regarded and influential work of Ruth Millikan
* Covers a wide range of Millikan’s most important work, from
philosophy of mind and language to philosophy of biology
* Features contributions by some of the most important and
influential philosophers working today
* Includes original replies to critics by Millikan
Table of Content
Notes on Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Daniel C. Dennett
A Millikan Bibliography xiii
Introduction 1
Dan Ryder, Justine Kingsbury, and Kenneth Williford
1 Toward an Informational Teleosemantics 21
Karen Neander
Reply to Neander, by Ruth Millikan
2 Signals, Icons, and Beliefs 41
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Reply to Godfrey-Smith, by Ruth Millikan
3 Millikan’s Isomorphism Requirement 63
Nicholas Shea
Reply to Shea, by Ruth Millikan
4 Millikan on Honeybee Navigation and Communication 87
Michael Rescorla
Reply to Rescorla, by Ruth Millikan
5 Concepts: Useful for Thinking 107
Louise Antony
Reply to Antony, by Ruth Millikan
6 Properties Over Substance 123
Richard Fumerton
Reply to Fumerton, by Ruth Millikan
7 Millikan’s Historical Kinds 135
Mohan Matthen
Reply to Matthen, by Ruth Millikan
8 Millikan, Realism, and Sameness 155
Crawford L. Elder
Reply to Elder, by Ruth Millikan
9 Craning the Ultimate Skyhook: Millikan on the Law of Noncontradiction 176
Charles Nussbaum
Reply to Nussbaum, by Ruth Millikan
10 Are Millikan’s Concepts Inside-Out? 198
Jesse Prinz
Reply to Prinz, by Ruth Millikan
11 The Epistemology of Meaning 221
Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald
Reply to Macdonalds, by Ruth Millikan
12 Weasels and the A Priori 241
David Braddon-Mitchell
Reply to Braddon-Mitchell, by Ruth Millikan
13 All in the Family 259
Willem A. de Vries
Reply to de Vries, by Ruth Millikan
Afterword 281
Ruth Millikan
References 282
Index 292
About the author
Dan Ryder is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the
University of British Columbia, and publishes primarily in
philosophy of mind and theoretical neuroscience.
Justine Kingsbury is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the
University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. She works in
philosophy of mind, philosophy of biology, aesthetics, and informal
logic.
Kenneth Williford is Associate Professor and Chair of the
Department of Philosophy at The University of Texas at
Arlington. He works in philosophy of mind, modern
philosophy, and phenomenology.
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