On being with others : Heidegger, Derrida, Wittgenstein / Simon Glendinning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glendinning, Simon, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Other minds (Theory of knowledge).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On Being With Others is an outstanding exploration of this key philosophical question. Simon Glendinning shows how traditional positions in the philosophy of mind can do little to rebuff the accusation that in fact we have little claim to have knowledge of minds other than our own.On Being With Others sets out to refute this charge and disentangle many of the confusions in contemporary philosophy of mind and language that have led to such scepticism. Simon Glendinning explores why early attempts by J.L. Austin and Martin Heidegger to refute scepticism about other minds f

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The threat of scepticism; 2 Reframing scepticism I J L Austin; 3 Reframing scepticism II: Heidegger; 4 The human animal; 5 Philosophy and the ideal of exactness; 6 Rules and events of language; 7 Communication and iterability; 8 Reading the other; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-168) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-69576-4

1-134-69577-2

1-282-32492-6

9786612324925

0-203-00364-0

9780203003640

OCLC:

475873875