Description
Book Synopsis* 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.
Trade Review"This is an excellent collection of essays on the wide-ranging work of one of the most significant and original philosophers of our day. They raise some fundamental questions about McDowell's views on a variety of topics, to which his own exemplary responses provide extremely valuable further elaboration and development of his thought."
Bill Brewer, University of Warwick "A very welcome addition to the ‘Philosophers and their Critics’ series: there is much to be learnt from the interplay between the ten contributors’ probing papers and McDowell’s responses to them." Jennifer Hornsby, Birkbeck College
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors.
Introduction.
1 Austerity and Openness: R. M. Sainsbury(University of Texas at Austin and King’s College London).
Response to Sainsbury: John McDowell.
2 Reason and Language: Richard G. Heck, Jr. (Brown University and Arché).
Response to Heck: John McDowell.
3 Some Philosophical Integrations: Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University).
Response to Bilgrami: John McDowell.
4 Self-Knowledge and Inner Space: Cynthia Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Queen’s University Belfast).
Response to Macdonald: John McDowell.
5 Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical: Carol Rovane (Columbia University).
Response to Rovane: John McDowell.
6 Acting in the Light of the Appearances: Jonathan Dancy (University of Reading and University of Texas at Austin).
Response to Dancy: John McDowell.
7 External Reasons: Philip Pettit and Michael Smith (Princeton University).
Response to Pettit and Smith: John McDowell.
8 Aristotle’s Use of Prudential Concepts: T. H. Irwin (Cornell University).
Response to Irwin: John McDowell.
9 Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog: Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge).
Response to Blackburn: John McDowell.
10 The Two Natures: Another Dogma?: Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Queen’s University Belfast).
Response to Macdonald: John McDowell.
Index
