Stich and His Critics (eBook)

Dominic Murphy, Michael Bishop (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
280 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0871-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Through a collection of original essays from leading philosophical
scholars, Stich and His Critics provides a thorough
assessment of the key themes in the career of philosopher Stephen
Stich.

* Provides a collection of original essays from some of the
world's most distinguished philosophers

* Explores some of philosophy's most hotly-debated contemporary
topics, including mental representation, theory of mind, nativism,
moral philosophy, and naturalized epistemology

Autor

Michael A. Bishop is Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His research focuses on how to properly understand and assess reasoning in science and in everyday life. He is the co-author, with J. D. Trout, of Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment (2005). Dominic Murphy is Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Psychiatry in the Scientific Image (2006).

Inhalt

Introduction: Dominic Murphy (California Institute of Technology)
and Michael Bishop (Florida State University).

1. Is There a Role for Representational Content in Scientific
Psychology?: Frances Egan (Rutgers University).

2. Representationalism Reconsidered: Peter Godfrey-Smith
(Harvard University).

3. On Determining What There Isn't: Michael Devitt (City
University of New York).

4. Eliminativism and The Theory of Reference: Frank Jackson (The
Australian National University).

5. Why Isn't Stich an ElimiNativist?: Fiona Cowie
(California Institute of Technology).

6. A Defense of the Use of Intuitions in Philosophy: Ernest Sosa
(Brown University).

7. Reflections on Cognitive and Epistemic Diversity: Can a Stich
in Time Save Quine?: Michael Bishop (Florida State University).

8. Simulation Theory and Cognitive Neuroscience: Alvin Goldman
(Rutgers University).

9. The Triumph of a Reasonable Man: Stich, Mindreading and
Nativism: Kim Sterelny (Australian National University and Victoria
University of Wellington).

10. Against Moral Nativism: Jesse J. Prinz (University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill).

11. Replies: Steve Stich (Rutgers University).

List of Publications by Steve Stich

Rezensionen

"The papers in this collection, the fourteenth in the Philosophers and their Critics series edited by Ernest Lepore, bear witness to the fecundity of Stich's contributions to the discipline, while his replies to the individual papers bear witness to his dialectical skills." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, September 2009)

"The tone of the book is almost universally one of mutual respect and generosity in interpretation. Overall it is an excellent collection." (Metapsychology, September 2009)

No philosopher has done more for Cognitive Science, in more areas,
than Stephen Stich. This far-reaching collection makes fitting
tribute to contemporary philosophy's greatest
interdisciplinarian, by presenting estimable contributions to
the science and philosophy of mind, where Stich remains both
intellectual benchmark and provocateur-in-chief.

-John M. Doris, Washington University in St. Louis

"Stephen Stich is one of the most interesting contemporary
empirically oriented philosophers. His books and articles are
required reading for all serious students of the subject. This
present volume, Stich and His Critics, contains interesting
discussions of his work by other outstanding philosophers, along
with Stich's elegant responses. There is something here for
everyone. This book will be useful both to new students and to
those who think they are already quite familiar with the
issues."

-Gilbert Harman, Princeton University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Schlagworte: 20th Century Philosophy • Epistemology • Erkenntnistheorie • Philosophie • Philosophie des 20. Jhd. • Philosophy
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0871-8 / 1444308718
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0871-6 / 9781444308716