Maximilian De Gaynesford: John McDowell

Cover: 9780745630373 | John McDowell | Maximilian De Gaynesford | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

John McDowell has set the philosophical world alight with a revolutionary approach to the subject, illuminating old problems with dazzling particularity. In this welcome introduction to his work, Maximilian de Gaynesford puts writing within comfortable reach of non-specialists.

The guiding argument of the book is that the variety of McDowell's interests disguises a core concern with a single basic goal: 'giving philosophy peace'. Since the dawn of the subject, philosophy has struggled with the question: can our experience of the world give rational support to what we think and say; and if so, how? McDowell claims that philosophy has itself to blame if these questions seem problematic, and this book's animating purpose is to see what sense can be made of this notorious claim. In McDowell's view, the illusion that our fundamental relations with the world are truly problematic is traceable to false views about nature. We should give proper weight to a natural fact about the world: that human beings are of a kind that is naturally placed within the natural order.

De Gaynesford analyses McDowell's densely argued and meticulous work in a lucid, balanced and engaging way, that will prove invaluable for all students and scholars of McDowell and philosophy.

Über den Autor

Maximilian De Gaynesford is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the College of William and Mary, Virginia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.

Preface.

Part I: Overview.

Challenge.

Response.

Implications.

Part II: A Naturalism of Second Nature.

Naturalism.

Reasons.

Nature Revised.

Part III: An Internationality of Second Nature.

Experience.

Conceptualism.

Judgement.

Openness.

World Dependency.

Part IV: The Exercise of Second Nature.

Knowledge.

Value.

Conclusion.

Notes.

Select Further Reading.

References.

Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780745630373
ISBN-10:	0745630375
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	De Gaynesford, Maximilian
Hersteller:	Polity Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 151 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Maximilian De Gaynesford
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.08.2004
Gewicht:	0,39 kg

Artikel-ID: 132521308