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Heal, Jane

 
9780521816977: Mind, Reason and Imagination: Selected Essays in Philosophy of Mind and Language
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ISBN 10 : 0521816971 ISBN 13 : 9780521816977
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Recent philosophy of mind has had a mistaken conception of the nature of psychological concepts. It has assumed too much similarity between psychological judgments and those of natural science and has thus overlooked the fact that other people are not just objects whose thoughts we may try to predict and control but fellow creatures with whom we talk and co-operate. In this collection of essays, Jane Heal argues that central to our ability to arrive at views about others' thoughts is not knowledge of some theory of the mind but rather an ability to imagine alternative worlds and how things appear from another person's point of view. She then applies this view to questions of how we represent others' thoughts, the shape of psychological concepts, the nature of rationality and the possibility of first person authority. This book should appeal to students and professionals in philosophy of mind and language.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Recent philosophy of mind has had a mistaken conception of the nature of psychological concepts. It has assumed too much similarity between psychological judgments and those of natural science and has thus overlooked the fact that other people are not just objects whose thoughts we may try to predict and control but fellow creatures with whom we talk and co-operate. In this collection of essays, Jane Heal argues that central to our ability to arrive at views about others' thoughts is not knowledge of some theory of the mind but rather an ability to imagine alternative worlds and how things appear from another person's point of view. She then applies this view to questions of how we represent others' thoughts, the shape of psychological concepts, the nature of rationality and the possibility of first person authority. This book should appeal to students and professionals in philosophy of mind and language.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521816971
ISBN 13 
9780521816977
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
318
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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