Anita Avramides

Other Minds

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do I know whether there are minds besides my own? This accessible introduction provides an historical overview, and an investigation of the views of contemporary philosophers on one of the most important problems in philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Problems of Philosophy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780415241939
• ISBN-10: 0415241936
• Artikelnr.: 21461107

Autorenporträt

Anita Avramides is Lecturer and Fellow at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Our Knowledge of Other Minds: 1. Overview 2. Ancient and Modern
Scepticism and the Problem of Other Minds 3. Descartes and Our Knowledge of
Other Minds 4. Malebranche and Our Knowledge of Other Minds 5. Locke and
Our Knowledge of Separate Spirits 6. Berkeley and Our Knowledge of Other
Finite Spirits II. The Problem of Other Minds: 7. Reid and Our Knowledge of
Other Intelligent Beings. Brief Interlude: Mill. Brief Interlude: Carnap
and Schlick 8. Wittgenstein and Being With Others III. The Problem
Assessed: 9. The Conceptual Problem of Other Minds 10. Nagel and the
Problem of Other Minds 11. Rejecting Behaviour