1st Edition

Reading McDowell On Mind and World

Edited By Nicholas Smith Copyright 2002
    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Part 1 Philosophy after Kant
    Part 2 Epistemology
    Part 3 Philosophy of Mind
    Part 4 Towards Ethics
    Part 5 Responses

    Biography

    Nicholas Smith

    'the papers in this collection are of consistently very high quality, critical of some integral component of McDowell’s thought, and are philosophically persuasive.' Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews