Meaning, Mind, and Matter

Philosophical Essays
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-958078-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Two leading philosophers draw together their work on meaning and mind
Influential and controversial papers from the last twenty years
Essential tool for all those getting to grips with Donald Davidson's philosophy

Ernie Lepore and Barry Loewer present a series of papers in which they come to terms with three views that have loomed large in philosophy for several decades: that a theory of meaning for a language is best understood as a theory of truth for that language; that thought and language are best understood together via a theory of interpretation; and that the mental is irreducible to the physical. They aim both to offer critical assessment of the views and to develop them. They show that each of these views remains of great significance for current work in philosophy of language and mind.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and advanced students of philosophy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lepore, Ernie

Loewer, Barry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Translational Semantics
2: Three Trivial Truth Theories
3: What Model Theoretic Semantics Cannot Do
4: The Role of 'Conceptual Role Semantics'
5: Dual Aspect Semantics
6: What Davidson Should Have Said
7: You Can Say That Again
8: Conditions on Understanding Language
9: Solipsistic Semantics
10: Putnam's Progress
11: Mind Matters
12: Making Mind Matter More
13: From Physics to Physicalism
14: Mental Causation or Something Close Enough

Über Autor(innen)

Ernie Lepore, Rutgers University, and Barry Loewer, Rutgers University