Philosophical Grounds of Rationality - Intentions, Categories, Ends

Zusatztext 'The essays are of very high quality both intrinsically and as aids in understanding Grice's work...' Choice, October 1986 Klappentext H.P. Grice is a distinguished philosopher predominantly known for his influential contributions to the philosophy of language! but that is only one strand in a rich tapestry of ideas bearing on the philosophy of mind! ethics! and metaphysics as well. Some of the essays in this collection of original papers by leading philosophers edited by Grandy and Warner develop Grice's earlier work in the philosophy of language! but most of them discuss or present his newer andless-known work. Together they demonstrate the unified and powerful character of his thoughts on being! mind! meaning! and morals. An introductory essay provides some of the first overview of Grice's thought! and makes explicit some of the relations among the essays. Grice's substantial responseis followed by nineteen contributed papers whose authors include Donald Davidson! Stephen Schiffer! John Searle! and P.F. Strawson. The Times Literary Supplement writes of Grice: 'the only leader of whom it is true that the level of the discipline would be raised if most philosophers took him as a model of how to think and write.'This paperback edition replaces the hardback! published March 1986 Zusammenfassung Essays on the work of H.P.Grice, a philosopher predominantly known for his contributions to the philosophy of language. Most of these essays discuss or present his less-known work, but some are original papers by philosophers which develop Grice's work in the philosophy of language.

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• Authors: Richard E. Grandy, Richard E. (Professor of Philosophy Grandy, Richard E. Warner Grandy, GRANDY RICHARD E WARNER RICHARD
• Assisted by: Richard E. Grandy (Editor), Richard E. (Professor of Philosophy Grandy (Editor), Grandy Richard E. (Editor), Richard Warner (Editor), Richard (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Warner (Editor), Warner Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.1988
• EAN: 9780198244646
• ISBN: 978-0-19-824464-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy