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Philosophers of Our Times /
Eighteen of the world's most eminent philosophers of recent years tackle central questions of philosophy in this collection of the prestigious annual lectures given at the Royal Institute of Philosophy in London. The line-up of authors is stellar: Simon Blackburn, Ned Block, Tyler Burge, David...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Philosophers of Our Times; Contents; Copy Rights; Introduction; Introduction to Thomas Nagel's; 1. Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem; Introduction to P.F. Strawson's; 2. Perception and its Objects; Introduction to Tyler Burge's Lecture; 3. Perception: Where Mind Begins; Introduction to Jerry Fodor's Lecture; 4. The Revenge of the Given: Mental Representation Without Conceptualization; Introduction to Ned Block's Lecture; 5. Attention and Mental Paint; Introduction to John McDowell's Lecture; 6. Some Remarks on Intention in Action.
- Introduction to Christine Korsgaard's Lecture 7. On Having a Good; Introduction to T.M. Scanlon's Lecture; 8. Reasons Fundamentalism; Introduction to Simon Blackburn's Lecture; 9. The Majesty of Reason; Introduction to Mary Warnock's Lecture; 10. What Is Natural? And Should We Care?; Introduction to John Searle's Lecture; 11. Free Will as a Problem in Neurobiology; Introduction to Derek Parfit's Lecture; 12. We Are Not Human Beings; Introduction to Anthony Kenny's Lecture; 13. Knowledge, Belief, and Faith; Introduction to Noam Chomsky's Lecture.
- 14. Simple Truths, Hard Problems: Some Thoughts on Terror, Justice, and Self-DefenceIntroduction to Alasdair MacIntyre's Lecture; 15. Social Structures and their Threats to Moral Agency; Introduction to Jürgen Habermas' Lecture; 16. Religious Tolerance-The Pacemaker for Cultural Rights; Introduction to Bernard Williams' Lecture; 17. Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline; Introduction to David J. Chalmers' Lecture; 18. Why Isn't There More Progress in Philosophy?; Subject Index.