New Thoughts About Old Things : Cognitive Policies as the Ground of Singular Concepts

ISBN-13: 9780815339632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 136 str.

Krista Lawlor

Opis

This book defends a novel theory of singular concepts, emphasizing the pragmatic requirements of singular concept possession and arguing that these requirements must be understood to institute traditions and policies of thought.

Recenzje

"...a brilliant book." -- Kent Bach, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Externalism and (Yet Another) Self-Knowledge Problem; Chapter 2 Straight Solutions to the Skeptical Problem; Chapter 3 How to Think About Thinking with Purported Coreference; Chapter 4 Dispositions and Dossiers: The Mechanics of Coreferential Thinking; Chapter 5 Warrant in Coreferential Thinking;

O autorze

Krista Lawlor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University.