
Content and Modality
Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Stalnaker
Oxford University Press
Published on 12. October 2006
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-19-928280-7 (ISBN)
Description
Eleven distinguished philosophers have contributed specially written essays on a set of topics much debated in recent years, including physicalism, qualia, semantic competence, conditionals, presuppositions, two-dimensional semantics, and the relation between logic and metaphysics. All these topics are prominent in the work of Robert Stalnaker, a major presence in contemporary philosophy, in honour of whom the volume is published. It also contains a substantial new essay in which Stalnaker replies to his critics, and sets out his current views on the topics discussed.
Contributors: Richard Heck, Frank Jackson, William Lycan, Vann McGee, John Perry, Paul Pietroski, Sydney Shoemaker, Scott Soames, Daniel Stoljar, Timothy Williamson, and Stephen Yablo.
Contributors: Richard Heck, Frank Jackson, William Lycan, Vann McGee, John Perry, Paul Pietroski, Sydney Shoemaker, Scott Soames, Daniel Stoljar, Timothy Williamson, and Stephen Yablo.
Reviews / Votes
The eleven original essays in this collection competently cover a wide range of Robert Stalnaker's philosophical work, and Stalnaker's replies to them are clear, well-thought out, and informative. Anyone interested in Stalnaker's philosophy or the areas covered in this volume is well advised to read it. * Takashi Yagisawa, Mind *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928280-7 (9780199282807)
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Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology