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Causal powers are ubiquitous. Electrons are negatively charged; they have the power to repel other electrons. Water is a solvent; it has the power to dissolve salt. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, abilities, and so on-to...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-04-14
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Causal powers are ubiquitous. Electrons are negatively charged; they have the power to repel other electrons. Water is a solvent; it has the power to dissolve salt. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, abilities, and so on-to...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-04-05
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David Hume launched a historic revolution in epistemology when he showed that our theories about the world have no probability relative to what we think of as our evidence for them, hence that the distinction between justified and unjustified theories does not lie in...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-04-03
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Significance and System: Essays on Kant's Ethics brings together central lines of thought in Mark Timmons's work on Kant's moral theory. The first part of the book concerns the interpretation and justification of the categorical imperative in which Timmons argues for a...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-03-31
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What is attention? How does attention shape consciousness? In an approach that engages with foundational topics in the philosophy of mind, the theory of action, psychology, and the neurosciences this book provides a unified and comprehensive answer to both questions....
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OUP Oxford
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2017-03-16
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What is attention? How does attention shape consciousness? In an approach that engages with foundational topics in the philosophy of mind, the theory of action, psychology, and the neurosciences this book provides a unified and comprehensive answer to both questions....
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OUP Oxford
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2017-03-09
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No words in English are shorter than "I" and few, if any, play a more fundamental role in language and thought. In Understanding "I": Thought and Language José Luis Bermúdez continues his longstanding work on the self and self-consciousness. Bermúdez develops a model of...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-02-23
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No words in English are shorter than "I" and few, if any, play a more fundamental role in language and thought. In Understanding "I": Thought and Language José Luis Bermúdez continues his longstanding work on the self and self-consciousness. Bermúdez develops a model of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-02-23
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Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-01
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Beyond Vision brings together eight essays by Casey O'Callaghan. The works draw theoretical and philosophical lessons about perception, the nature of its objects, and sensory awareness through sustained attention to extra-visual and multisensory forms of perception and...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-01-19
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Béatrice Longuenesse presents an original exploration of our understanding of ourselves and the way we talk about ourselves. In the first part of the book she discusses contemporary analyses of our use of 'I' in language and thought, and compares them to Kant's account...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-01-12
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Béatrice Longuenesse presents an original exploration of our understanding of ourselves and the way we talk about ourselves. In the first part of the book she discusses contemporary analyses of our use of 'I' in language and thought, and compares them to Kant's account...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-12-22
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On a traditional conception of the human mind, reasoning can be rational or irrational, but perception cannot. Perception is simply a source of new information, and cannot be assessed for rationality or justification. Susanna Siegel argues that this conception is wrong....
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OUP Oxford
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2016-12-22
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On a traditional conception of the human mind, reasoning can be rational or irrational, but perception cannot. Perception is simply a source of new information, and cannot be assessed for rationality or justification. Susanna Siegel argues that this conception is wrong....
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OUP Oxford
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2016-12-22
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François Recanati has pioneered the 'mental file' framework for thinking about concepts and how we refer to the world in thought and language.
Mental files are based on 'epistemically rewarding' relations to objects in the environment. Standing in such relations to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-11-24
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A Naïve Realist Theory of Colour defends the view that colours are mind-independent properties of things in the environment, that are distinct from properties identified by the physical sciences. This view stands in contrast to the long-standing and wide-spread view...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-11-24
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François Recanati has pioneered the 'mental file' framework for thinking about concepts and how we refer to the world in thought and language.
Mental files are based on 'epistemically rewarding' relations to objects in the environment. Standing in such relations to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-11-17
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A Naïve Realist Theory of Colour defends the view that colours are mind-independent properties of things in the environment, that are distinct from properties identified by the physical sciences. This view stands in contrast to the long-standing and wide-spread view...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-11-17
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Dieses Buch leistet zweierlei: Einerseits beantwortet es in allgemeinverständlicher Form die Frage, wie es dazu gekommen ist, dass es den Menschen gibt und was das Besondere an ihm ist. Der Leser wird nicht nur in die Entwicklung der Materie vom Urknall bis zur...
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Springer VS
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2016-10-31
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Kirk Ludwig develops a novel reductive account of plural discourse about collective action and shared intention. Part I develops the event analysis of action sentences, provides an account of the content of individual intentions, and on that basis an analysis of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-10-06
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