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Passions and projections : themes from the philosophy of Simon Blackburn / Robert N. Johnson and Michael Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blackburn, Simon, 1944-.
- Blackburn, Simon.
- Philosophy, English--20th century.
- Philosophy, English.
- Pragmatism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 276 pages)
- Other Title:
- Themes from the philosophy of Simon Blackburn
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Best known to the general public for his attempts to make philosophy accessible to those with little or no formal training, Simon Blackburn's reputation in academic circles is based on a lifetime pursuit of a projectivist and anti-realist research programme in the spirit of the great David Hume. This volume of critical essays by some of the most influential philosophers working today documents the whole range and influence of Blackburn's work, and poses some novel challenges for him.
- Contents:
- Pt. I Metaphysics and Epistemology
- 1.Defending Folk Psychology: The Limits of Coalitions / Louise Antony
- 2.Causation, Projection, Inference, and Agency / Helen Beebee
- 3.Singular Belief / Frank Jackson
- 4.What Quasi-Realists Can Say about Knowledge / C. S. I. Jenkins
- 5.The Metaphysics of Artistic Expression: A Case Study in Projectivism / Robert Kraut
- 6.The Impossible Necessity of `Filling in Space' / Rae Langton
- 7.What is Colour? A Defence of Colour Primitivism / Cynthia Macdonald
- 8.From Quasi-Realism to Global Expressivism
- and Back Again? / Huw Price
- pt. II Metaethics and Moral Psychology
- 9.Another World: The Metaethics and Metametaethics of Reasons Fundamentalism / James Dreier
- 10.Improving Sensibilities / Allan Gibbard
- 11.Modest Quasi-Realism and the Problem of Deep Moral Error / Mark Timmons
- 12.Just How Do Passions Rule? The (More) Compleat Humean / Peter Railton
- 13.Higher-Order Attitudes, Frege's Abyss, and the Truth in Propositions / Mark Schroeder
- 14.The Fugitive Thought: Blackburn on Reasons / R. Jay Wallace.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 7, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-178971-2
- OCLC:
- 900819309
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