The Philosopher's Annual

by Ludlow, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781575863801
• ISBN10: 1575863804
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study

Summary

This latest volume of The Philosopher's Annual presents the ten best articles published in the field during 2001. No limitations are placed on the articles' sources, subject matter or mode of treatment, providing for a diverse collection of engaging, high-caliber work that stands as a valuable sample of contemporary philosophy. This year's volume includes papers by Robert Bernasconi, Hans Halvorson, Christopher Hitchcock, Ignacio Jane, Brian Leiter, Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel, Joel Pust, Alison Simmons, Jason Stanley and Timothy Williamson, and Crispin Wright.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(8)
Conceivability, Possibility and the Mind-Body Problem	9	(28)
Katalin Balog
Frege on Apriority	37	(36)
Tyler Burge
The Virtue of Civility	73	(24)
Cheshire Calhoun
Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be?	97	(30)
Sally Haslanger
Proof Theoretic Reduction as a Philosopher's Tool	127	(20)
Thomas Hofweber
Parfit's Puzzle	147	(32)
Philip Kitcher
The Nature of Nonmonotonic Reasoning	179	(46)
Charles G. Morgan
On the Site of Distributive Justice: Reflections on Cohen and Murphy	225	(30)
Thomas W. Pogge
The Skeptic and the Dogmatist	255	(40)
James Pryor
Evolution and the Problem of Other Minds	295
Elliott Sober