Reason in Nature - New Essays on Themes From John Mcdowell

Against the dominant view of reductive naturalism, John McDowell argues that human life should be seen as transformed by reason so that human minds, while not supernatural, are sui generis. This collection assembles eleven critical essays that highlight the enduring significance and wide ramifications of McDowell's unorthodox position.

About the author

Matthew Boyle is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.Evgenia Mylonaki is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Patras, Greece.

Summary

Against the dominant view of reductive naturalism, John McDowell argues that human life should be seen as transformed by reason so that human minds, while not supernatural, are sui generis. This collection assembles eleven critical essays that highlight the enduring significance and wide ramifications of McDowell’s unorthodox position.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Mylonaki Boyle
• Assisted by: Matthew Boyle (Editor), Dr. Evgenia Mylonaki (Editor), Evgenia Mylonaki (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9780674241046
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24104-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Biography: philosophy and social sciences