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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 vii
Introduction ix
1 Austerity and Openness 1
R. M. Sainsbury
Response to Sainsbury 14
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2 Reason and Language 22
Richard G. Heck, Jr.
Response to Heck 45
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3 Some Philosophical Integrations 50
Akeel Bilgrami
Response to Bilgrami 66
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4 Self-Knowledge and Inner Space 73
CYNTHIA MacDONALD
Response to Macdonald 89
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5 Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical 95
Carol Rovane
Response to Rovane 114
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6 Acting in the Light of the Appearances 121
Jonathan Dancy
Response to Dancy 134
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7 External Reasons 142
Philip Pettit and Michael Smith
Response to Pettit and Smith 170
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8 Aristotle’s Use of Prudential Concepts 180
T. H. Irwin
Response to Irwin 198
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9 Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog 203
Simon Blackburn
Response to Blackburn 217
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10 The Two Natures: Another Dogma? 222
GRAHAM MacDONALD
Response to Macdonald 235
JOHN McDOWELL
Index 240
