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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791500003321

Autore

Jackson Frank <1943->

Titolo

Mind, morality, and explanation : selected collaborations / / Frank Jackson, Philip Pettit, and Michael Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Clarendon Press : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

2004

ISBN

1-383-03933-X

0-19-156897-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Disciplina

128.2

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Psychology - Philosophy

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Sources; Introduction; Philosophical Psychology; 1. In Defence of Folk Psychology; 2. Folk Belief and Commonplace Belief; 3. Causation in the Philosophy of Mind; 4. Some Content is Narrow; Psychological and Social Explanation; 5. Functionalism and Broad Content; 6. Program Explanation: A General Perspective; 7. Structural Explanation in Social Theory; 8. In Defence of Explanatory Ecumenism; Moral Theory; 9. Moral Functionalism and Moral Motivation; 10. Ethical Particularism and Patterns; 11. Minimalism and Truth Aptness; 12. A Problem for Expressivism; Moral Psychology

13. Backgrounding Desire14. Parfit's P; 15. Practical Unreason; 16. Brandt on Self-Control; 17. Freedom in Belief and Desire; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

A cohesive vision of the mind and its place in the realms of causation and morality . . . Mind, Morality, and Explanation is an outstanding anthology precisely because it justifies the decision to bring its papers together not merely on the usual grounds of accessibility, loose thematic connection, or happenstance, but on intellectual grounds: reading these papers as a whole leads one to appreciate one way of



understanding the mind that might not be appreciated otherwise. It can be recommended to any philosopher working on at least one of its focal topics who is ready to broaden her horizons a