Contributor
Honderich, Ted, editor.
Edition Statement:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press 2015.
Descriptionix, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction / Ted Honderich -- Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem / Thomas Nagel -- Perception and its Objects / P.F. Strawson -- Perception: Where Mind Begins? / Tyler Burge -- The Revenge of the Given: Mental Representation Without Conceptualization / Jerry Fodor -- Attention and Mental Paint / Ned Block -- Some Remarks on Intention in Action / John McDowell -- On Having a Good / Christine M. Korsgaard -- Reasons Fundamentalism / T.M. Scanlon -- The Majesty of Reason / Simon Blackburn -- What Is Natural? And Should We Care? / Mary Warnock -- Free Will as a Problem in Neurobiology / John R. Searle -- We Are Not Human Beings / Derek Parfit -- Knowledge, Belief, and Faith / Anthony Kenny -- Simple Truths, Hard Problems: Some thoughts on Terror, Justice, and Self-Defence / Noam Chomsky -- Social Structures and their Threats to Moral Agency / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Religious Tolerance: The Pacemaker for Cultural Rights / Jurgen Habermas -- Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline / Bernard Williams -- Why Isn't There More Progress in Philosophy? / David J. Chalmers.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Eighteen of the world's most eminent philosophers of recent years tackle central questions of philosophy in this collection of the prestigious annual lectures given at the Royal Institute of Philosophy in London. The line-up of authors is stellar: Simon Blackburn, Ned Block, Tyler Burge, David Chalmers, Noam Chomsky, Jerry Fodor, Jurgen Habermas, Anthony Kenny, Christine Korsgaard, John McDowell, Alasdair MacIntyre, Thomas Nagel, Derek Parfit, T. M. Scanlon, John Searle, Sir Peter Strawson, Bernard Williams, and Mary Warnock. There are six pieces on questions to do with mind, perception, and action; four on reason and morality; six range over freedom, identity, religion, and politics; and the last two take a step back to look at philosophy itself and how it works. The best way to learn about philosophy is to read philosophy at its best: that is what this fascinating anthology offers.
