John McDowell

ISBN-13: 9781138214446 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 302 str.

Tim Thornton

Opis

John McDowell is one of the most widely read philosophers in recent years. In this clear and engaging book Tim Thornton introduces and examines the full range of McDowell's thought. This second edition has been significantly revised and expanded.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Wittgenstein on philosophy, normativity and understanding  2. Value judgements  3. Formal theories of meaning and theories of sense  4. Singular thought and the Cartesian picture of mind  5. Experience, knowledge and openness to the world  6. Mind and World and perceptual experience  7. Action, intention and embodied coping  8. Perceptual content after Mind and World  9. Guide to further reading  Glossary  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Tim Thornton is Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is the author of Essential Philosophy of Psychiatry (2007), Wittgenstein on Language and Thought (1998), co-author of the Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (2006) and Tacit Knowledge (2013), and co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (2013).