{"product_id":"mcdowell-and-his-critics-isbn-9781405106245","title":"McDowell and His Critics","description":"The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell’s work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe contributors are philosophers with international reputations for their work in the areas in which they are contributing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the whole of McDowell’s philosophy, including his contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMcDowell’s replies to the contributions in this volume contribute to the body of his work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Austerity and Openness 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. M. Sainsbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Sainsbury 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Reason and Language 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard G. Heck, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Heck 45\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Some Philosophical Integrations 50 \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAkeel Bilgrami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Bilgrami 66\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Self-Knowledge and Inner Space 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCYNTHIA MacDONALD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Macdonald 89\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Rovane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Rovane 114\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Acting in the Light of the Appearances 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Dancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Dancy 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 External Reasons 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Pettit and Michael Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Pettit and Smith 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Aristotle’s Use of Prudential Concepts 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eT. H. Irwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Irwin 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Blackburn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Blackburn 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Two Natures: Another Dogma? 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGRAHAM MacDONALD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Macdonald 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN McDOWELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 240\u003c\/p\u003e  \"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.\" \u003ci\u003eBill Brewer, University of Warwick\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eJennifer Hornsby, Birkbeck College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eCynthia Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eMind–Body Identity Theories\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005), and she is co-editor, with Stephen Laurence, of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1998).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Distinguished International Fellow at the Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University Belfast. He is co-author, with Philip Pettit, of \u003ci\u003eSemantics and Social Science\u003c\/i\u003e (1980). In addition, he is editor of \u003ci\u003ePerception and Identity: Essays Presented to A. J. Ayer, with His Replies to Them\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), co-editor, with Crispin Wright, of \u003ci\u003eFact, Science, and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1986), and co-editor, with Philip Catton, of \u003ci\u003eKarl Popper: Critical Appraisals\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether, they have edited \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConnectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e (both Blackwell, 1995).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  John McDowell’s work has had an immense and lasting influence on philosophical thought. This volume contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell’s work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself. The essays cover the full range of McDowell’s seminal contributions in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, and epistemology. Together, they offer by far the most comprehensive discussion of his work currently available.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors are: Akeel Bilgrami, Simon Blackburn, Jonathan Dancy, Richard G. Heck, Jr., T. H. Irwin, Cynthia Macdonald, Graham Macdonald, Philip Pettit, Carol Rovane, R. M. Sainsbury, and Michael Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989591376101,"sku":"NP9781405106245","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405106245.jpg?v=1761784725","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mcdowell-and-his-critics-isbn-9781405106245","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}