The act and object of judgment : historical and philosophical perspectives / edited by Brian Ball and Christoph Schuringa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ball, Brian Andrew, 1978- editor.

Schuringa, Christoph, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judgment (Logic).

Act (Philosophy).

Object (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

vi, 261 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"This book presents twelve original essays on historical and contemporary philosophical discussions of judgment. The central issues explored in this volume can be separated into two groups, namely those concerning the act and object of judgment. What kind of act is judgment? How is it related to a range of other mental acts, states, and dispositions? Where and how does assertive force enter in? Is there a distinct category of negative judgments, or are these simply judgments whose objects are negative? Concerning the object of judgment: How many objects are there of a given judgment? One, as on the dual relation theory of Frege and Moore? Or many as in Russell's later multiple relation theory? If there is a single object, is it a proposition? And if so, is it a force-neutral, abstract entity that might equally figure as the object of a range of intentional attitudes? Or is it somehow constitutively tied to the act itself? These and related questions are approached from a variety of historical and contemporary perspectives. This book sheds new light on current controversies by drawing on the details of the distinct intellectual contexts in which previous philosophers' positions about the nature of judgment were formulated. In turn, new directions in present-day research promise to raise novel interpretive prospects and challenges in the history of philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Affirmation, judgment, and epistemic theodicy in Descartes and Spinoza / Martin Lin

Locke and Leibniz on judgment: the first-person perspective and the danger of psychologism / Maria van der Schaar

Kant's logic of judgment: against the relational approach / Alexandra Newton

Time and modality in Hegel's account of judgment / Paul Redding

Bolzano's theory of judgment / Mark Siebel

Correctness first: Brentano on judgment and truth / Mark Textor

Judgment, reasons and feelings / Simon Blackburn

Twardowski on judgment / Peter Simons

Attitudinal objects: their ontology and importance for philosophy and natural language semantics / Friederike Moltmann

About vs concerns / Daniel Morgan

Predication and two concepts of judgment / Indrek Reiland

How is logical inference possible? / Christopher Peacocke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781138351387

1138351385

OCLC:

1077788780