Mcdowell And His Critics

by Macdonald, Cynthia; Macdonald, Graham

• ISBN13: 9781405106245
• ISBN10: 1405106247
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell. Contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell's work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself. The contributors are philosophers with international reputations for their work in the areas in which they are contributing. Covers the whole of McDowell's philosophy, including his contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology. McDowell's replies to the contributions in this volume contribute to the body of his work.

Author Biography

Cynthia Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her previous publications include Mind–Body Identity Theories (1989), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics (Blackwell, 2005), and she is co-editor, with Stephen Laurence, of Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics (Blackwell, 1998).

Graham Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Distinguished International Fellow at the Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University Belfast. He is co-author, with Philip Pettit, of Semantics and Social Science (1980). In addition, he is editor of Perception and Identity: Essays Presented to A. J. Ayer, with His Replies to Them (1979), co-editor, with Crispin Wright, of Fact, Science, and Morality (Blackwell, 1986), and co-editor, with Philip Catton, of Karl Popper: Critical Appraisals (2004).

Together, they have edited Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation and Connectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation (both Blackwell, 1995).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Introduction	ix
Austerity and Openness	1	(21)
R. M. Sainsbury
Response to Sainsbury	14	(8)
John McDowell
Reason and Language	22	(28)
Richard G. Heck, Jr.
Response to Heck	45	(5)
John McDowell
Some Philosophical Integrations	50	(23)
Akeel Bilgrami
Response to Bilgrami	66	(7)
John McDowell
Self-Knowledge and Inner Space	73	(22)
Cynthia MacDonald
Response to Macdonald	89	(6)
John McDowell
Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical	95	(26)
Carol Rovane
Response to Rovane	114	(7)
John McDowell
Acting in the Light of the Appearances	121	(21)
Jonathan Dancy
Response to Dancy	134	(8)
John McDowell
External Reasons	142	(38)
Philip Pettit
Michael Smith
Response to Pettit and Smith	170	(10)
John McDowell
Aristotle's Use of Prudential Concepts	180	(23)
T. H. Irwin
Response to Irwin	198	(5)
John McDowell
Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog	203	(19)
Simon Blackburn
Response to Blackburn	217	(5)
John McDowell
The Two Natures: Another Dogma?	222	(18)
Graham MacDonald
Response to Macdonald	235	(5)
John McDowell
Index	240