Human nature [[electronic resource] ] : the categorial framework / / P.M.S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 326 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophical anthropology
Anthropology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-06933-7
9786611069339 0-470-69216-2 0-470-76609-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface. Chapter 1 The Project. 1. Human nature. 2. Philosophical anthropology. 3. Grammatical investigation. 4. Philosophical investigation. 5. Philosophy and 'mere words'. 6. A challenge to the autonomy of the philosophical enterprise: Quine. 7. The Platonic and Aristotelian traditions in philosophical anthropology. Chapter 2 Substance. 1. Substances: things. 2. Substances: stuffs. 3. Substance-referring expressions. 4. Conceptual connections between things and stuffs. 5. Substances and their substantial parts. 6. Substances conceived as natural kinds. 7. Substances conceived as a common logico-linguistic category. 8. A historical digression: misconceptions of the category of substance. Chapter 3 Causation. 1. Causation: Humean, neo-Humean and anti-Humean. 2. On causal necessity. 3. Event causation is not a prototype. 4. The inadequacy of Hume's analysis: observability, spatio-temporal relations and regularity. 5. The flaw in the early modern debate. 6. Agent causation as prototype. 7. Agent causation is only a prototype. 8. Event causation and other centres of variation. 9. Overview. Chapter 4 Powers. 1. Possibility. 2. Powers of the inanimate. 3. Active and passive powers of the inanimate. 4. Power and its actualization. 5. Power and its vehicle. 6. First- and second-order powers; loss of power. 7. Human powers: basic distinctions. 8. Human powers: further distinctions. 9. Dispositions. Chapter 5 Agency. 1. Inanimate agents. 2. Inanimate needs. 3. Animate agents: needs and wants. 4. Volitional agency: preliminaries. 5. Doings, acts and actions. 6. Human agency and action. 7. A historical overview. 8. Human action as agential causation of movement. Chapter 6 Teleology and Teleological Explanation. 1. Teleology and purpose. 2. What things have a purpose? 3. Purpose and axiology. 4. The beneficial. 5. A historical digression: teleology and causality. Chapter 7 Reasons and Explanation of Human Action. 1. Rationality and reasonableness. 2. Reason, reasoning and reasons. 3. Explaining human behaviour. 4. Explanation in terms of agential reasons. 5. Causal mythologies. Chapter 8 The Mind. 1. Homo loquens . 2. The Cartesian mind. 3. The nature of the mind. Chapter 9 The Self and the Body. 1. The emergence of the philosophers' self. 2. The illusion of the philosophers' self. 3. The body. 4. The relationship between human beings and their bodies. Chapter 10 The Person. 1. The emergence of the concept. 2. An unholy trinity: Descartes, Locke and Hume. 3. Changing bodies and switching brains: puzzle cases and red herrings. 4. The concept of a person. Index. |
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Oxford, : Blackwell, 2007 | ||
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Human nature [[electronic resource] ] : the categorial framework / / P.M.S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 326 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophical anthropology
Anthropology |
ISBN |
1-281-06933-7
9786611069339 0-470-69216-2 0-470-76609-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface. Chapter 1 The Project. 1. Human nature. 2. Philosophical anthropology. 3. Grammatical investigation. 4. Philosophical investigation. 5. Philosophy and 'mere words'. 6. A challenge to the autonomy of the philosophical enterprise: Quine. 7. The Platonic and Aristotelian traditions in philosophical anthropology. Chapter 2 Substance. 1. Substances: things. 2. Substances: stuffs. 3. Substance-referring expressions. 4. Conceptual connections between things and stuffs. 5. Substances and their substantial parts. 6. Substances conceived as natural kinds. 7. Substances conceived as a common logico-linguistic category. 8. A historical digression: misconceptions of the category of substance. Chapter 3 Causation. 1. Causation: Humean, neo-Humean and anti-Humean. 2. On causal necessity. 3. Event causation is not a prototype. 4. The inadequacy of Hume's analysis: observability, spatio-temporal relations and regularity. 5. The flaw in the early modern debate. 6. Agent causation as prototype. 7. Agent causation is only a prototype. 8. Event causation and other centres of variation. 9. Overview. Chapter 4 Powers. 1. Possibility. 2. Powers of the inanimate. 3. Active and passive powers of the inanimate. 4. Power and its actualization. 5. Power and its vehicle. 6. First- and second-order powers; loss of power. 7. Human powers: basic distinctions. 8. Human powers: further distinctions. 9. Dispositions. Chapter 5 Agency. 1. Inanimate agents. 2. Inanimate needs. 3. Animate agents: needs and wants. 4. Volitional agency: preliminaries. 5. Doings, acts and actions. 6. Human agency and action. 7. A historical overview. 8. Human action as agential causation of movement. Chapter 6 Teleology and Teleological Explanation. 1. Teleology and purpose. 2. What things have a purpose? 3. Purpose and axiology. 4. The beneficial. 5. A historical digression: teleology and causality. Chapter 7 Reasons and Explanation of Human Action. 1. Rationality and reasonableness. 2. Reason, reasoning and reasons. 3. Explaining human behaviour. 4. Explanation in terms of agential reasons. 5. Causal mythologies. Chapter 8 The Mind. 1. Homo loquens . 2. The Cartesian mind. 3. The nature of the mind. Chapter 9 The Self and the Body. 1. The emergence of the philosophers' self. 2. The illusion of the philosophers' self. 3. The body. 4. The relationship between human beings and their bodies. Chapter 10 The Person. 1. The emergence of the concept. 2. An unholy trinity: Descartes, Locke and Hume. 3. Changing bodies and switching brains: puzzle cases and red herrings. 4. The concept of a person. Index. |
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Human nature [[electronic resource] ] : the categorial framework / / P.M.S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 326 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophical anthropology
Anthropology |
ISBN |
1-281-06933-7
9786611069339 0-470-69216-2 0-470-76609-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface. Chapter 1 The Project. 1. Human nature. 2. Philosophical anthropology. 3. Grammatical investigation. 4. Philosophical investigation. 5. Philosophy and 'mere words'. 6. A challenge to the autonomy of the philosophical enterprise: Quine. 7. The Platonic and Aristotelian traditions in philosophical anthropology. Chapter 2 Substance. 1. Substances: things. 2. Substances: stuffs. 3. Substance-referring expressions. 4. Conceptual connections between things and stuffs. 5. Substances and their substantial parts. 6. Substances conceived as natural kinds. 7. Substances conceived as a common logico-linguistic category. 8. A historical digression: misconceptions of the category of substance. Chapter 3 Causation. 1. Causation: Humean, neo-Humean and anti-Humean. 2. On causal necessity. 3. Event causation is not a prototype. 4. The inadequacy of Hume's analysis: observability, spatio-temporal relations and regularity. 5. The flaw in the early modern debate. 6. Agent causation as prototype. 7. Agent causation is only a prototype. 8. Event causation and other centres of variation. 9. Overview. Chapter 4 Powers. 1. Possibility. 2. Powers of the inanimate. 3. Active and passive powers of the inanimate. 4. Power and its actualization. 5. Power and its vehicle. 6. First- and second-order powers; loss of power. 7. Human powers: basic distinctions. 8. Human powers: further distinctions. 9. Dispositions. Chapter 5 Agency. 1. Inanimate agents. 2. Inanimate needs. 3. Animate agents: needs and wants. 4. Volitional agency: preliminaries. 5. Doings, acts and actions. 6. Human agency and action. 7. A historical overview. 8. Human action as agential causation of movement. Chapter 6 Teleology and Teleological Explanation. 1. Teleology and purpose. 2. What things have a purpose? 3. Purpose and axiology. 4. The beneficial. 5. A historical digression: teleology and causality. Chapter 7 Reasons and Explanation of Human Action. 1. Rationality and reasonableness. 2. Reason, reasoning and reasons. 3. Explaining human behaviour. 4. Explanation in terms of agential reasons. 5. Causal mythologies. Chapter 8 The Mind. 1. Homo loquens . 2. The Cartesian mind. 3. The nature of the mind. Chapter 9 The Self and the Body. 1. The emergence of the philosophers' self. 2. The illusion of the philosophers' self. 3. The body. 4. The relationship between human beings and their bodies. Chapter 10 The Person. 1. The emergence of the concept. 2. An unholy trinity: Descartes, Locke and Hume. 3. Changing bodies and switching brains: puzzle cases and red herrings. 4. The concept of a person. Index. |
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Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Oxford, : Blackwell, 2007 | ||
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The intellectual powers : a study of human nature / / P. M. S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
Disciplina | 128/.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophical anthropology
Philosophy of mind Thought and thinking |
ISBN |
1-118-60906-9
1-118-60903-4 1-118-60905-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Project; Prolegomena; 1: Consciousness as the Mark of the Mental; 1. Consciousness as a mark of modernity; 2. The genealogy of the concept of consciousness; 3. The analytic of consciousness; 4. The early modern philosophical conception of consciousness; 5. The dialectic of consciousness I; 6. The contemporary philosophical conception of consciousness; 7. The dialectic of consciousness II; 8. The illusions of self-consciousness; 2: Intentionality as the Mark of the Mental; 1. Intentionality; 2. Intentional 'objects'
3. The central sun: the relation of thought to reality 4. The first circle: what do we believe (hope, suspect, etc.)?; 5. The second circle: the relation of language to reality; 6. The third circle: the relation of thought to language; 7. The fourth circle: the epistemology of intentionality; 8. The fifth circle: meaning and understanding; 3: Mastery of a Language as the Mark of a Mind; 1. A language-using animal; 2. Linguistic communication; 3. Knowing a language; 4. Meaning something; 5. Understanding and interpreting; 6. Meaning and use 7. The dialectic of understanding: the 'mystery' of understanding new sentences PART I: The Cognitive and Doxastic Powers; 4: Knowledge; 1. The value of knowledge; 2. The grammatical groundwork; 3. The semantic field; 4. What knowledge is not; 5. Certainty; 6. Analyses of knowledge; 7. Knowledge and ability; 8. Knowing-how; 9. What is knowledge? The role of 'know' in human discourse; 5: Belief; 1. The web of belief; 2. The grammatical groundwork; 3. The surrounding landscape; 4. Voluntariness and responsibility for belief; 5. Belief and feelings; 6. Belief and dispositions 7. Belief and mental states 8. Why believing something cannot be a brain state; 9. What is belief? The role of 'believe' in human discourse; 6: Knowledge, Belief and the Epistemology of Belief; 1. Knowledge and belief; 2. The epistemology of belief; 3. Non-standard cases: self-deception and unconscious beliefs; 7: Sensation and Perception; 1. The cognitive powers of the senses; 2. Sensation; 3. Perception and sensation; 4. Sensation, feeling and tactile perception; 8: Perception; 1. Perceptual organs, the senses and proper sensibles; 2. Perceptual powers: cognition and volition 3. The classical causal theory of perception 4. The modern causal theory of perception; 9: Memory; 1. Memory as a form of knowledge; 2. The objects of memory; 3. The faculty and its actualities; 4. Forms of memory; 5. Further conceptual links and contrasts; 6. The dialectic of memory I: the Aristotelian legacy; 7. The dialectic of memory II: trace theory; PART II: The Cogitative Powers; 10: Thought and Thinking; 1. Floundering without an overview; 2. The varieties of thinking; 3. Is thinking an activity?; 4. What do we think in?; 5. Thought, language and the language of thought 6. Can animals think? |
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The moral powers : a study of human nature / / P. M. S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 pages) |
Disciplina | 128.3 |
Soggetto topico | Philosophical anthropology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-65779-2
1-119-65780-6 1-119-65782-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555105003321 |
Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2021 | ||
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The moral powers : a study of human nature / / P. M. S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 pages) |
Disciplina | 128.3 |
Soggetto topico | Philosophical anthropology |
ISBN |
1-119-65779-2
1-119-65780-6 1-119-65782-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830816003321 |
Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2021 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wittgenstein . part 1 essays : meaning and mind / / P.M.S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [Second, extensively revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
Disciplina | 192 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-95181-6
1-118-95183-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555019503321 |
Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wittgenstein . part 1 essays : meaning and mind / / P.M.S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [Second, extensively revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
Disciplina | 192 |
ISBN |
1-118-95181-6
1-118-95183-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830117403321 |
Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] | ||
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Wittgenstein, meaning and mind / / P. M. S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [Second, extensively revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 192 |
Collana | An analytical commentary on the Philosophical investigations |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Language and languages - Philosophy Semantics (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-95176-X
1-118-95178-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555260103321 |
Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wittgenstein, meaning and mind / / P. M. S. Hacker |
Autore | Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan) |
Edizione | [Second, extensively revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 192 |
Collana | An analytical commentary on the Philosophical investigations |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Language and languages - Philosophy Semantics (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
1-118-95176-X
1-118-95178-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830614903321 |
Hacker P. M. S (Peter Michael Stephan)
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Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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