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Paul A. Boghossian's Philosophical Papers on Content and Justification 2008 Trade Paperback

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Number of Pages: 372 Pages Item Width: 6.1 in Dewey Decimal: 121/.4 LC Classification Number: BF40.B64 2008 brand: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Intended Audience: Scholarly & Professional Type: Textbook Item Height: 0.8 in Subject Area: Philosophy Synopsis: Content and Justification presents a series of essays by Paul Boghossian on the theory of content and on its relation to the phenomenon of a priori knowledge. Part one comprises essays on the nature of rule-following and its relation to the problem of mental content; on the intelligibility of eliminativist views of the mental; on the prospects for a naturalistic reduction of mental content; and on the currently influential view that meaning is a normative notion. Part two includes three widely discussed papers on the phenomenon of self-knowledge and of its compatibility with externalist conceptions of mental content. Part three concerns the classical but ill-understood phenomenon of knowledge that is based upon knowledge of meaning of conceptual competence. Finally, part four turns its attention from general issues about mental content to an account of a specific class of mental contents. It contains two widely discussed papers on the nature of colour concepts, and colour properties., This volume presents a series of influential essays by Paul Boghossian on the theory of content and on its relation to the phenomenon of a priori knowledge. The essays are organized under four headings: the nature of content; content and self-knowledge; knowledge, content, and the a priori; and colour concepts., Content and Justification presents a series of essays by Paul Boghossian on the theory of content and on its relation to the phenomenon of a priori knowledge. Part one comprises essays on the nature of rule-following and its relation to the problem of mental content; on the intelligibility of eliminativist views of the mental; on the prospects for a naturalistic reduction of mental content; and on the currently influential view that meaning is a normative notion. Part two includes three widely discussed papers on the phenomenon of self-knowledge and its compatibility with externalist conceptions of mental content. Part three concerns the classical, but ill-understood, phenomenon of knowledge that is based upon knowledge of meaning or conceptual competence. Finally, part four turns its attention from general issues about mental content to an account of a specific class of mental contents. It contains two widely discussed papers on the nature of color concepts and color properties. ISBN-10: 0199292167 Reviews: "Content and Justificationis a wonderful collection that brings together fourteen of the more important essays Paul Boghossian has written over the past twenty years.... many of the essays contained in this volume have been incredibly influential and as each one of them repays careful study it is not hard to recommend this volume to philosophers interested in epistemology and the philosophy of mind or language.... the essays contained in this volume are all excellent, the older essays provide an excellent gateway into debates concerning thought content and self-knowledge, and the newer essays will surely generate literatures of their own in the near future."--Clayton Littlejohn,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "Content and Justification is a wonderful collection that brings together fourteen of the more important essays Paul Boghossian has written over the past twenty years.... many of the essays contained in this volume have been incredibly influential and as each one of them repays careful study it is not hard to recommend this volume to philosophers interested in epistemology and the philosophy of mind or language.... the essays contained in this volume are all excellent, the older essays provide an excellent gateway into debates concerning thought content and self-knowledge, and the newer essays will surely generate literatures of their own in the near future."--Clayton Littlejohn, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, " Content and Justification is a wonderful collection that brings together fourteen of the more important essays Paul Boghossian has written over the past twenty years.... many of the essays contained in this volume have been incredibly influential and as each one of them repays careful study it is not hard to recommend this volume to philosophers interested in epistemology and the philosophy of mind or language.... the essays contained in this volume are all excellent, the older essays provide an excellent gateway into debates concerning thought content and self-knowledge, and the newer essays will surely generate literatures of their own in the near future."--Clayton Littlejohn, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Format: Trade Paperback Publication Year: 2008 ISBN-13: 9780199292165 Subject: Mind & Body, Epistemology, General Language: English Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated gtin13: 9780199292165 Author: Paul A. Boghossian Publication Name: Content and Justification : Philosophical Papers LCCN: 2008-016184 Table Of Content: IntroductionPart 1. The Nature of Content1. The Rule Following Considerations2. The Status of Content3. Naturalizing Content4. Is Meaning Normative?5. Rules, Meaning, and IntentionPart 2. Content and Self-Knowledge6. Content and Self-Knowledge7. The Transparency of Mental Content8. What the Externalist can Know A Priori9. Further Reflections on the Problem of Self-KnowingPart 3. Content and the A Priori10. Analyticity Reconsidered11. Does an Inferential Role Semantics Rest Upon A Mistake?12. Knowledge of Logic13. How Are Objective Epistemic Reasons Possible?14. Inference and Insight15. Blind Reasoning16. Epistemic Analyticity: A DefensePart 4. Colour Concepts17. Color as a Secondary Quality18. Physicalist Theories of Color19. Postscript on Color Dewey Edition: 22 Item Length: 9.2 in Item Weight: 19.9 Oz

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