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Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind Gilbert Harman (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)

Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind By Gilbert Harman (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)

Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind by Gilbert Harman (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)


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Gilbert Harman presents a selection of his writings on fundamental issues in analytic philosophy. He discusses basic principles of reasoning and rationality; sets out his view of meaning, knowledge, and truth; examines the relation between language and thought; and develops these themes in an investigation of the nature of mind.

Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind Summary

Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind by Gilbert Harman (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)

Gilbert Harman presents a selection of fifteen interconnected essays on fundamental issues at the centre of analytic philosophy. The book opens with a group of four essays discussing basic principles of reasoning and rationality. The next three essays argue against the idea that certain claims are true by virtue of meaning and knowable by virtue of meaning. In the third group of essays Harman sets out his own view of meaning, arguing that it depends upon the functioning of concepts in reasoning, perception, and action, by which these concepts are related to the world. He also examines the relation between language and thought. The final three essays investigate the nature of mind, developing further the themes already set out. Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind offers an integrated presentation of this rich and influential body of work.

Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind Reviews

This is a collection of previously published papers. It is a pleasure to see them reedited, updated, and available under one cover at an accessible paperback price....Devoted followers of QUinian empiricism and naturalist methodology...will find much in this work to enjoy and applaud. Opponents will find much to disturb and trouble them. All will be stimulated. * Review of Metaphysics *

About Gilbert Harman (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)

Gilbert Harman is Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

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 Functionalism ; 14. The Intrinsic Quality of Experience ; 15. Immanent versus Transcendent Theories of Meaning and Mind ; Bibliography ; Index

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NLS9780198238027
9780198238027
0198238029
Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind by Gilbert Harman (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)
New
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1999-07-01
302
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