Reflections and replies : essays on the philosophy of Tyler Burge / edited by Martin Hahn and Bjørn Ramberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burge, Tyler.

Hahn, Martin, 1954-

Ramberg, Bjørn T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burge, Tyler.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxix, 504 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Philosophy of Tyler Burge

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2003]

Summary:

Tyler Burge has produced groundbreaking work on the semantics of proper names and indexicals, de re belief, formal truth theories, semantic and epistemic paradoxes, the philosophy of Gottlob Frege, and other areas of the philosophy of language and of mind. But he is best known for his arguments for anti-individualism, or externalism about mental content. Burge's aim in pursuing anti-individualism is nothing less than the solution to some of the most trenchant metaphysical and epistemological problems, including the nature of objectivity and norms, the force of skeptical arguments, apriority, and the nature of the self. Central to all of these is an account of intentional content that includes a penetrating critique of the empiricist notion of a concept. This book focuses mainly on Burge's work on anti-individualism. In it, various philosophers either comment on Burge's work or relate it to their own. An unusual feature is the generosity -- both in volume and content -- of Burge's contribution to this philosophical conversation. The section containing his responses comprises the most sustained, detailed, and interconnected body of writing that he has published in one place.

Contents:

1 Burge, Descartes, and Us / Calvin Normore 1

2 Anti-Individualism and Scepticism / Barry Stroud 15

3 When Swampmen Get Arthritis: "Externalism" in Burge and Davidson / Martin Hahn 29

4 Burge Thought Experiments / Keith Donnellan 59

5 Anti-Individualism, Indexicality, and Character / Joseph Owens 77

6 Competence with Demonstratives / James Higginbotham 101

7 Implicit Conceptions, Understanding, and Rationality / Christopher Peacocke 117

8 Burge on Mentalistic Explanations, or Why I Am Still Epiphobic / Fred Dretske 153

9 Mental Paint / Ned Block 165

10 Mental Content and Hot Self-Knowledge / Bernard W. Kobes 201

11 Phenomenal Intentionality as the Basis of Mental Content / Brian Loar 229

12 Internalist Explorations / Noam Chomsky 259

Tyler Burge Replies 289

13 Descartes, Bare Concepts, and Anti-Individualism: Reply to Normore 291

14 Some Reflections on Scepticism: Reply to Stroud 335

15 Davidson and Forms of Anti-Individualism: Reply to Hahn 347

16 The Thought Experiments: Reply to Donnellan 363

17 The Indexical Strategy: Reply to Owens 371

18 Tracking Perspectives: Reply to Higginbotham 377

19 Concepts, Conceptions, Reflective Understanding: Reply to Peacocke 383

20 Epiphenomenalism: Reply to Dretske 397

21 Qualia and Intentional Content: Reply to Block 405

22 Mental Agency in Authoritative Self-Knowledge: Reply to Kobes 417

23 Phenomenality and Reference: Reply to Loar 435

24 Psychology and the Environment: Reply to Chomsky 451.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-493) and index.

ISBN:

0262083159

0262582228

OCLC:

50124806