Meaning, Mind, and Action: Philosophical Essays by Julia Tanney (English) Hardco

Description: Meaning, Mind, and Action by Julia Tanney Julia Tanneys Meaning, Mind, and Action challenges widely held presuppositions within philosophy in its classical analytic, naturalist, and cognitivist forms. Beginning with canonical views in the philosophy of language and logic, the arguments are then applied to discussions of knowledge, action, causation, the nature of the mental, consciousness, and thinking. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Julia Tanneys Meaning, Mind, and Action challenges widely held presuppositions within philosophy in its classical analytic, naturalist, and cognitivist forms. Beginning with canonical views in the philosophy of language and logic, the arguments are then applied to discussions of knowledge, action, causation, the nature of the mental, consciousness, and thinking.Responding to a tradition that harks back to Plato and was resurrected by Mill, Frege, Russell, Moore, and the early Wittgenstein, Meaning, Mind, and Action challenges todays orthodoxy on its own terms, beginning with canonical views in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. The arguments of these early chapters are then applied to the theory of knowledge, action, and causation, followed by those on the nature of the mental, consciousness, and thinking. The final section, on the logic of the mental, widens the arguments to include the subject of animal minds, the postulation of mental representations in cultural anthropology, the authors intention in literary theory, and the philosophical problem of irrationality in psychiatry. Author Biography Formerly Reader in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Kent, Julia Tanney, has been an independent researcher since 2015. Her first volume of essays, Rules, Reason, and Self-Knowledge was published in 2013. Tanneys work involves critical analyses of the metaphysical ideas and arguments that shape contemporary philosophy of mind, language, action-theory, knowledge, and meta-ethics. She is described as having an insiders grasp of theory with a depth and comprehensiveness to her arguments that make her criticism impossible to ignore. She is a leading expert on the philosophy of Gilbert Ryle and the later Wittgenstein. Table of Contents Introduction; Part I Meaning and Philosophical Logic; Chapter One, Explaining What We Mean; Chapter Two Rule Following, Intellectualism, and Logical Reasoning: On the Importance of a Type Distinction between Performances and "Propositional Knowledge" of the Norms that Govern Them; Chapter Three, Wittgenstein on Rule Following and Interpretation; Part II Knowing, Action, and Causation, Chapter Four What Knowledge Is Not: Reflections on Some Uses of the Verb "To Know"; Chapter Five, Remarks on the "Thickness" of Action Description; Chapter Six, Prolegomena to a Cartographical Investigation of Cause and Reason; Part III Mind, Consciousness, and Thinking, Chapter Seven, The Location of the Mind; Chapter Eight, Some Absurdities in the Notion of "Conscious Experience"; Chapter Nine, "Ordinary" Consciousness; Chapter Ten, A Peg for Some Thoughts; Part IV The Logic of the Mental, Chapter Eleven, Rational Animals; Chapter Twelve, Investigating Cultures: A Critique of Cognitive Anthropology; Chapter Thirteen "The Colour Flows Back": Intention and Interpretation in Literature and Everyday Action; Chapter Fourteen Trauma and Belief; Acknowledgments; Provenance of Essays; Index. Review "Julia Tanney has brought together fourteen of her essays, mostly written in the last decade. They display her usual lucidity and thoughtfulness, as well as her characteristic and admirable determination to swim against the current of the times. Her essays are both provocative and convincing, as well as enjoyable to read." —Peter Hacker, St Johns College Oxford, UK."Tanney uses Wittgenstein, Ryle and Austins tools to counter strong currents in contemporary analytic philosophy and in a way that should engage those not already in the Wittgenstein camp. Her work takes us where Wittgenstein could have traveled if he were inclined to be more systematic. Penetrating and impressive." —Professor James C. Klagge, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Tech, USA."Julia Tanney brilliantly demonstrates the continued relevance of ordinary language philosophy. Drawing on the fundamental insight that words must be understood in the many contexts of their use, she challenges orthodoxy in, and sheds new light on, such diverse areas as epistemology, the philosophy of action, and the philosophy of mind. This book deserves a wide audience." —Michael Kremer, Mary R. Morton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, USA. Promotional Challenges widely held presuppositions within philosophy in its classical analytic, naturalist, and cognitivist forms. Long Description Julia Tanneys Meaning, Mind, and Action challenges widely held presuppositions within philosophy in its classical analytic, naturalist, and cognitivist forms. Beginning with canonical views in the philosophy of language and logic, the arguments are then applied to discussions of knowledge, action, causation, the nature of the mental, consciousness, and thinking. Responding to a tradition that harks back to Plato and was resurrected by Mill, Frege, Russell, Moore, and the early Wittgenstein, Meaning, Mind, and Action challenges todays orthodoxy on its own terms, beginning with canonical views in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. The arguments of these early chapters are then applied to the theory of knowledge, action, and causation, followed by those on the nature of the mental, consciousness, and thinking. The final section, on the logic of the mental, widens the arguments to include the subject of animal minds, the postulation of mental representations in cultural anthropology, the authors intention in literary theory, and the philosophical problem of irrationality in psychiatry. Review Quote "Tanney uses Wittgenstein, Ryle and Austins tools to counter strong currents in contemporary analytic philosophy and in a way that should engage those not already in the Wittgenstein camp. Her work takes us where Wittgenstein could have traveled if he were inclined to be more systematic. Penetrating and impressive." --Professor James C. Klagge, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Tech, USA. Promotional "Headline" Challenges widely held presuppositions within philosophy in its classical analytic, naturalist, and cognitivist forms. Details ISBN1839984821 Author Julia Tanney Short Title Meaning, Mind and Action Publisher Anthem Press Series Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1839984821 ISBN-13 9781839984822 Format Hardcover Subtitle Philosophical Essays Imprint Anthem Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2022-07-12 NZ Release Date 2022-07-12 UK Release Date 2022-07-12 Pages 242 DEWEY 128.2 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2022-07-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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