Christopher Peacocke

Truly Understood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is it to be able to think about the material world, about oneself, and about other people? Christopher Peacocke argues that our concepts are to be explained in terms of the conditions in which they refer to aspects of the world. Reference and truth are fundamental in understanding.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 165mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 697g
• ISBN-13: 9780199239443
• ISBN-10: 0199239444
• Artikelnr.: 23406079

Autorenporträt

Christopher Peacocke, Columbia University

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments and Sources
Part I: A Theory of Understanding
1: Truth's Role in Understanding
2: Reference and Reasons
3: The First Person as a Case Study
4: Implicit Conceptions
Part II: Applications to Mental Concepts
5: Conceiving of Conscious States
6: 'Another I': Representing Perception and Action
7: Mental Action
8: Representing Thoughts
Conclusion