Reasoning, meaning and mind / Gilbert Harman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harman, Gilbert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 291 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author presents a selection of 15 interconnected essays on fundamental issues at the centre of analytic philosophy. The book offers an integrated presentation of the body of work which Harman has developed over 30 years.

Contents:

Introduction

PART I. REASONING

1. Rationality

2. Practical Reasoning

3. Simplicity as a Pragmatic Criterion for Deciding what Hypotheses to Take Seriously

4. Pragmatism and Reasons for Belief

PART II. ANALYTICITY

5. The Death of Meaning

6. Doubts about Conceptual Analysis

7. Analyticity Regained?

PART III. MEANING

8. Three Levels of Meaning

9. Language, Thought, and Communication

10. Language Learning

11. Meaning and Semantics

12. (Nonsolipsistic) Conceptual Role Semantics

PART IV. MIND

13. Wide Functionalisin

14. The Intrinsic Quality of Experience

15. Immanent and Transcendent Approaches to Meaning and Mind.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-286) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-159763-5

1-281-97045-X

9786611970451

0-19-151934-0

OCLC:

191827201