On Being With Others: Heidegger,

On Being With Others is an outstanding exploration of this key philosophical question. Simon Glendinning shows how traditional positions in the philosophy of mind can do little to rebuff the accusation that in fact we have little claim to have knowledge of minds other than our own.On Being With Others sets out to refute this charge and disentangle many of the confusions in contemporary philosophy of mind and language that have led to such scepticism. Simon Glendinning explores why early attempts by J.L. Austin and Martin Heidegger to refute scepticism about other minds failed and argues that we must turn to Wittgenstein in order to build a solid theory of other minds. Drawing on the celebrated debate between John Searle and Jacques Derrida, Simon Glendinning establishes fascinating and important links between controversies in the philosophy of mind, language and epistemology.

Preface

vii

(2)

Abbreviations

ix

Introduction

1

(6)

1 The threat of scepticism

7

(17)

Introduction

7

(4)

A sceptical argument

11

(8)

The subject of scepticism

19

(5)

2 Reframing scepticism I: J. L. Austin

24

(19)

Introduction

24

(1)

Austin and the problem of other minds

25

(8)

Austin and the metaphysical legacy of Frege's philosophy

33

(10)

3 Reframing scepticism II: Heidegger

43

(18)

Introduction

43

(1)

Heidegger and the tradition

44

(6)

Heidegger's analysis of Dasein

50

(6)

Splitting the phenomenon of being-with

56

(4)

Conclusion

60

(1)

4 The human animal

61

(15)

Introduction

61

(1)

The being of animals

62

(8)

The spirit of the lion

70

(6)

5 Philosophy and the ideal of exactness

76

(17)

Introduction

76

(1)

Derrida and the affirmation of dissemination

77

(6)

Wittgenstein and the Augustinian picture of language

83

(10)

6 Rules and events of language

93

(14)

Introduction

93

(1)

The phenomenon of language

94

(5)

The limits of calculability

99

(8)

7 Communication and iterability

107

(21)

Introduction

107

(1)

Repetitions of the same

108

(7)

Writing and communication

115

(5)

Transforming the traditional model of communication

120

(8)

8 Reading the other

128

(25)

Introduction

128

(1)

Criteria and other minds

129

(7)

McDowell on other minds

136

(4)

On being with others

140

(8)

Closing remarks

148

(5)

Notes

153

(11)

Bibliography

164

(5)

Index

169

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