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Logos and life : essays on mind, action, language and ethics / Roger Teichmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teichmann, Roger.
- Series:
- Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
- Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret).
- Anscombe, G. E. M.
- Philosophy of mind.
- Act (Philosophy).
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Ethics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.).
- Place of Publication:
- London, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- I
- II
- III
- Notes
- References
- Part I MIND
- Chapter One The Functionalist's Inner State
- Behaviourism and Functionalism
- A Thought Experiment
- Madmen and Super-Spartans
- How to Proceed?
- Reference, Objectivity, Science
- Natural Responses
- Chapter Two 'Not a Something'
- Context and Constitution
- 'I Was Thinking'
- Token-Identity Theory
- Investigation
- Sensations
- References
- Chapter Three Sincerity in Thought
- Insincerity in Thought and Behaviour
- The Doubtfulness of a Thought
- Failure to Think Properly
- Sincerity: Intellectual or Ethical Virtue?
- Chapter Four is Pleasure a Good?
- 'Good' and 'the Good'
- Enjoying and Wanting
- 'How Is That Pleasant?'
- Interpretative Motives
- Pleasure as a Good
- Part II Action
- Chapter Five The Voluntary and the Involuntary: Themes from Anscombe
- Preamble
- 'Why?' and the Merely Voluntary
- Something Physiological?
- Possible Prevention
- Conformity with the Will
- 'It Didn't Occur to Me'
- Some Counterfactuals
- Voluntary Ignorance
- Chapter Six Rational Choice Theory and Backward-Looking Motives
- Chapter Seven Meaning, Understanding and Action
- Understanding Stopping and Forcing Modals
- Abilities and Inclinations
- Illusion and Confusion
- Travails of Internalism
- Conclusion
- Chapter Eight Why 'Why?'? Action, Reasons and Language
- Not a Heuristic Device
- Voluntariness and Responsibility
- 'Mental State': An Unhelpful Notion
- Some Implications
- Part III Ethics
- Chapter Nine Ethics and Philosophy: Aristotle and Wittgenstein Compared
- Wisdom, Theoretical and Practical
- Philosophy and Natural Science
- Chapter Ten 'How Should One Live?': Williams on Practical Deliberation and Reasons for Acting
- Practical Deliberation as Radically First-Personal
- Desires as Reasons
- Internal and External Reasons
- Human Nature and the Ethical
- Chapter Eleven 'An Inculcated Caring': Ryle on Moral Knowledge
- A Third Kind of Knowledge
- Telling the Difference
- An Inculcated Caring
- Chapter Twelve Are There any Intrinsically Unjust Acts?
- Habitual Refusal and Exclusion from Deliberation
- Moral Dilemmas
- (Ir)relevance of Motive
- The Nature of Practical Wisdom
- Bedrock
- Part IV Language
- Chapter Thirteen The Identity of a Word
- Words in Context
- A Theory of Language?
- Some Recent Attempts
- Philosophy of Language and Beyond
- Chapter Fourteen Ryle on Hypotheticals
- Hypotheticals and Inference Precepts
- Notes:
- What Is an Argument?
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Teichmann, Roger Logos and Life
- ISBN:
- 9781839980954
- 1839980958
- 9781839980947
- 183998094X
- Publisher Number:
- 40031216784
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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