Mind, Reason and Imagination: Selected Essays in Philosophy of Mind and Language

by Jane Heal

Overview

Jane Heal argues that central to our ability to arrive at views about others' thoughts is not knowledge of some theory of the mind but rather an ability to imagine alternative worlds and how things appear from another person's point of view. She then applies this view to questions of how we represent others' thoughts, the shape of psychological concepts, the nature of rationality and the possibility of first person authority. This book is of interest to students and professionals in philosophy of mind and language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521017169
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/31/2003
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Mind, Theory and Imagination: 2. Replication and functionalism; 3. Understanding other minds from the inside; 4. Simulation, theory and content; 5. Simulation and cognitive penetrability; Part II. Thought and Reason: 6. Co-cognition and off-line simulation; 7. Semantic holism: still a good buy; 8. Other minds, rationality and analogy; Part III. Indexical Predicates and their Applications: 9. Indexical predicates and their uses; 10. On speaking thus: the semantics of indirect discourse; 11. Lagadonian kinds and psychological concepts; Part IV. Thinking of Minds and Interacting with Persons: 12. What are psychological concepts for?; 13. Moore's paradox: a Wittgensteinian approach; 14. On first person authority.