Mcdowell And His Critics

The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell. Contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell's work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself. The contributors are philosophers with international reputations for their work in the areas in which they are contributing. Covers the whole of McDowell's philosophy, including his contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology. McDowell's replies to the contributions in this volume contribute to the body of his work.

Cynthia Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her previous publications include Mind–Body Identity Theories (1989), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics (Blackwell, 2005), and she is co-editor, with Stephen Laurence, of Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics (Blackwell, 1998).

Graham Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Distinguished International Fellow at the Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University Belfast. He is co-author, with Philip Pettit, of Semantics and Social Science (1980). In addition, he is editor of Perception and Identity: Essays Presented to A. J. Ayer, with His Replies to Them (1979), co-editor, with Crispin Wright, of Fact, Science, and Morality (Blackwell, 1986), and co-editor, with Philip Catton, of Karl Popper: Critical Appraisals (2004).

Together, they have edited Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation and Connectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation (both Blackwell, 1995).

Notes on Contributors

vii

Introduction

ix

Austerity and Openness

1

(21)

R. M. Sainsbury

Response to Sainsbury

14

(8)

John McDowell

Reason and Language

22

(28)

Richard G. Heck, Jr.

Response to Heck

45

(5)

John McDowell

Some Philosophical Integrations

50

(23)

Akeel Bilgrami

Response to Bilgrami

66

(7)

John McDowell

Self-Knowledge and Inner Space

73

(22)

Cynthia MacDonald

Response to Macdonald

89

(6)

John McDowell

Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical

95

(26)

Carol Rovane

Response to Rovane

114

(7)

John McDowell

Acting in the Light of the Appearances

121

(21)

Jonathan Dancy

Response to Dancy

134

(8)

John McDowell

External Reasons

142

(38)

Philip Pettit

Michael Smith

Response to Pettit and Smith

170

(10)

John McDowell

Aristotle's Use of Prudential Concepts

180

(23)

T. H. Irwin

Response to Irwin

198

(5)

John McDowell

Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog

203

(19)

Simon Blackburn

Response to Blackburn

217

(5)

John McDowell

The Two Natures: Another Dogma?

222

(18)

Graham MacDonald

Response to Macdonald

235

(5)

John McDowell

Index

240

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