ABSTRACT
Reading McDowell: On Mind and World brings together an exceptional list of contributors to analyse and discuss McDowell's challenging and influential book, one of the most influential contributions to contemporary philosophy in recent years. In it McDowell discusses issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind and ethics as well as surveying the broader remit of philosophy. Reading McDowell clarifies some of these themes and provides further material for debate across philosophy of mind, ethics, philosophy of language and epistemology.
The internationally renowned contributors include: Richard Bernstein, Gregory McCulloch, Hilary Putnam, Charles Taylor, Crispin Wright, Jay Bernstein, Rudiger, Bubner, Robert Pippin, Charles Lamour, Axel Honneth, Barry Stround, Robert Brandom and Michael Williams. In conclusion, John McDowell responds to all the contributions.
This critical contribution to analytic philosophy is likely to shape philosophical debate for years to come. It will be of interest to professional philosophers, as well as students of contemporary epistemology, philosophy of mind and ethics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I PHILOSOPHY AFTER KANT
chapter 3|19 pages
Leaving nature behind: or two cheers for “subjectivism”
part |2 pages
Part II EPISTEMOLOGY
chapter 5|14 pages
Non-inferential knowledge, perceptual experience, and secondary qualities: placing McDowell’s empiricism
part |2 pages
Part III PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
part |2 pages
Part IV TOWARD ETHICS
chapter 13|21 pages
Between hermeneutics and Hegelianism: John McDowell and the challenge of moral realism
part |2 pages
Part V RESPONSES