Reasoning, meaning and mind
The author presents a selection of 15 interconnected essays on fundamental issues at the centre of analytic philosophy. The book offers an integrated presentation of the body of work which Harman has developed over 30 years
1 online resource (viii, 291 pages)
9780198238027, 9780191519345, 9780198238034, 0198238029, 0191519340, 0198238037
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Introduction
PART I. REASONING
1. Rationality
2. Practical Reasoning
3. Simplicity as a Pragmatic Criterion for Deciding what Hypotheses to Take Seriously
4. Pragmatism and Reasons for Belief
PART II. ANALYTICITY
5. The Death of Meaning
6. Doubts about Conceptual Analysis
7. Analyticity Regained?
PART III. MEANING
8. Three Levels of Meaning
9. Language, Thought, and Communication
10. Language Learning
11. Meaning and Semantics
12. (Nonsolipsistic) Conceptual Role Semantics
PART IV. MIND
13. Wide Functionalisin. 14. The Intrinsic Quality of Experience
15. Immanent and Transcendent Approaches to Meaning and Mind
Bibliography
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Index of Subjects
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