{"product_id":"philosophy-and-the-mirror-of-nature-9780691178158","title":"Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes the previously unpublished essay \"The philosopher as expert.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an ambitious and important book. Ambitious because it attempts to place the main concerns and discussions of contemporary philosophy within a historical perspective; important because this is all too rarely attempted within our present philosophical culture, and almost never done this well.\"--Charles Taylor, Times Literary Supplement \"It is going to be a long time before a better book of its kind appears.\"--Alasdair MacIntyre, London Review of Books \"Philosophy and the Mirror of Naturebrings to light the deep sense of crisis within the profession of academic philosophy... Rorty's provocative and profound meditations impel philosophers to examine the problematic status of their discipline--only to discover that modern European philosophy has come to an end.\"--Cornel West, Union Seminary Quarterly Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition xiii  Preface xxxi  Introduction 3      Part one: Our Glassy Essense 15  Chapter I: The Invention of the Mind 17  1. Criteria of the Mental 17  2. The Functional, the Phenomenal, and the Immaterial 22  3. The Diversity of Mind-Body Problems 32  4. Mind as the Grasp of Universals 38  5. Ability to Exist Separately from the Body 45  6. Dualism and \"Mind-Stuff\" 61      Chapter II: Persons Without Minds 70  1. The Antipodeans 70  2. Phenomenal Properties 78  3. Incorrigibility and Raw Feels 88  4. Behaviorism 98  5. Skepticism about Other Minds 107  6. Materialism without Mind-Body Identity 114  7. Epistemology and \"The Philosophy of Mind\" 125      Part Two: Mirroring 129  Chapter III: The Idea of a \"Theory of Knowledge\" 131  1. Epistemology and Philosophy's Self-Image 131  2. Locke's Confusion of Explanation with Justification 139  3. Kant's Confusion of Predication with Synthesis 148  4. Knowledge as Needing \"Foundations\" 155      Chapter IV: Privileged Representations 165  1. Apodictic Truth, Privileged Representations, and Analytic Philosophy 165  2. Epistemological Behaviorism 173  3. Pre-linguistic Awareness 182  4. The \"'Idea' Idea\" 192  5. Epistemological Behaviorism, Psychological Behaviorism, and Language 209      Chapter v: Epistemology and Empirical Psychology 213  1. Suspicions about Psychology 213  2. The Unnaturalness of Epistemology 221  3. Psychological States as Genuine Explanations 230  4. Psychological States as Representations 244      Chapter vi: Epistemology and Philosophy of Language 257  1. Pure and Impure Philosophy of Language 257  2. What were our Ancestors Talking About? 266  3. Idealism 273  4. Reference 284  5. Truth Without Mirrors 295  6. Truth, Goodness, and     Part Three: Philosophy 313  Chapter VII: From Epistemology to Hermeneutics 315  1. Commensuration and Conversation 315  2. Kuhn and Incommensurability 322  3. Objectivity as Correspondence and as Agreement 333  4. Spirit and Nature 343      Chapter VIII: Philosophy Without Mirrors 357  1. Hermeneutics and Edification 357  2. Systematic Philosophy and Edifying Philosophy 365  3. Edification, Relativism, and Objective Truth 373  4. Edification and Naturalism 379  5. Philosophy in the Conversation of Mankind 389      The Philosopher as Expert 395  Afterword: Remembering Richard Rorty 423  Index 433","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403851866455,"sku":"9780691178158","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691178158.jpg?v=1730484717","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophy-and-the-mirror-of-nature-9780691178158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}