Re-thinking the cogito : naturalism, reason and the venture of thought / Christopher Norris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Christopher, 1947-

Series:

Continuum studies in philosophy.

Continuum studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Naturalism.

Rationalism.

Cognitive science.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Re-Thinking the Cogito seeks to combine a strongly naturalistic with a distinctively rationalist perspective on some nowadays much-discussed issues in philosophy of mind. Against the common view that they involve downright incompatible conceptions of mind, knowledge and ethics it seeks to unite a naturalism that draws on recent advances in neurophysiology and cognitive science with an outlook that gives full weight to those normative values at the heart of rationalist thought. True to the book's constructive spirit, Norris offers various detailed proposals for bringing the two approaches into

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction Naturalism and/or Rationalism: Contexts of the Current Debate; Chapter 1 Living with Naturalism, Full-Strength: Why Philosophers Find It Hard; Chapter 2 Frankfurt on Second-order Desires and the Concept of a Person; Chapter 3 Deflating the Cogito: Thought, Knowledge, and the Limits of Consciousness; Chapter 4 Catching Up with Spinoza: Naturalism, Rationalism and Cognitive Science; Chapter 5 Alain Badiou: Mathematics, Politics, and the Venture of Thought; Chapter 6 Deconstruction Naturalized: Beyond the 'Linguistic Turn'; Notes; Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612765742

9781282765740

1282765744

9781441160164

1441160167

OCLC:

669518732