By Lynne Rudder Baker (NHC Fellow, 1983–84) This stimulating book critically examines a wide range of physicalistic conceptions of mind in the works of Jerry A. Fodor, Stephen P. Stich, Paul M. Churchland, Daniel C. Dennett, and others. Part I argues that intentional concepts cannot be reduced to nonintentional (and nonsemantic) concepts; Part II argues that intentional … Continued
Edited by Valia Allori (NHC Fellow, 2017–18) The book explores several open questions in the philosophy and the foundations of statistical mechanics. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in philosophy of physics and/or mathematical physics. Here is a list of questions that are addressed in the book: Boltzmann showed how the phenomenological laws … Continued
Edited by Tom Regan (NHC Fellow, 1984–85) Ten previously unpublished lectures showing Moore's position regarding ethics in relation to conduct in earlier work differs from the one presented in Principia
By Kurt Baier (NHC Fellow, 1979–80) 'The Rational and the Moral Order' is a significant book providing a comprehensive theory of morality. The opening chapter is simply marvellous. Baier provides a cogent response to Hume's conundrums on practical reasoning: logical entailment, he argues, is not the correct model of the relation between reasons and that … Continued
By Ding Xiang Warner (NHC Fellow, 2004–05) Transmitting Authority investigates the rise and fall of the cultural currency of the Confucian teacher Wang Tong (ca. 584–617), a.k.a. Master Wenzhong, in the five centuries following his death, by examining the textual and social history of theZhongshuo, which purports to record Wang Tong’s teachings. Incorporating theories and methodologies … Continued
By Martin H. Krieger (NHC Fellow, 1978–79)
By Richard Moran (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) Since Socrates, and through Descartes to the present day, the problems of self-knowledge have been central to philosophy’s understanding of itself. Today the idea of ”first-person authority” — the claim of a distinctive relation each person has toward his or her own mental life — has been challenged from a number of directions, … Continued
By John A. Hodgson (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) The English Romantic writers and poets valued a genuine coherence of image and idea. Striving for organic form, they were faced with the challenge of using figuration – metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche – to represent the essentially unrepresentable: God, ultimate power, the human mind and psyche, what Shelley called … Continued
Edited by Valia Allori (NHC Fellow, 2017–18), Angelo Bassi, Detlef Dürr, and Nino Zanghi This book is a tribute to the scientific legacy of GianCarlo Ghirardi, who was one of the most influential scientists in the field of modern foundations of quantum theory. In this appraisal, contributions from friends, collaborators and colleagues reflect the influence … Continued
By Debora Kuller Shuger (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) When attempting to globally divide ideas into orthodox and subversive categories, it is not always clear what precisely is subversive to the dominant ideology and vice versa. Going against recent trends in English Renaissance studies, Deborah Shuger examines orthodox, rather than subversive, methods of thought in the English … Continued