Roger Teichmann

Logos and Life (eBook, ePUB)

Essays on Mind, Action, Language and Ethics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in Logos and Life, the earliest written in 2001 but mainly dating from 2014 and later, cover topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, ethics and philosophy of language. There are discussions of the voluntary and the involuntary; reasons for action; the idea of an 'inner state'; pleasure; the nature of ethics; justice; necessity and possibility; and a number of other topics. Numerous strands connect these four areas, which Roger Teichmann highlights: in this sense the collection exhibits thematic unity as well as diversity.

Several of the essays take as their starting points the ideas and philosophical methods of Wittgenstein and of Elizabeth Anscombe, and so will be of interest to anyone studying those philosophers. Anscombe was a friend and pupil of Wittgenstein, and Teichmann was fortunate enough to be a friend and pupil of Anscombe. He is now a leading authority on her philosophy.

A newly written Introduction serves to indicate the main themes and arguments of the book, and provide an overall statement of Teichmann's philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839980954
• Artikelnr.: 63419580

Autorenporträt

Roger Teichmann is lecturer in philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and a leading authority on the work of Elizabeth Anscombe.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Mind Chapter One The Functionalist's Inner State
Chapter Two 'Not a Something'
Chapter Three Sincerity in Thought
Chapter Four Is Pleasure a Good?
Part II: Action Chapter Five The Voluntary and the Involuntary: Themes from Anscombe
Chapter Six Rational Choice Theory and Backward- Looking Motives
Chapter Seven Meaning, Understanding and Action
Chapter Eight Why 'Why?'? Action, Reasons and Language
Part III Ethics Chapter Nine Ethics and Philosophy: Aristotle and Wittgenstein Compared
Chapter Ten 'How Should One Live?' Williams on Practical Deliberation and Reasons for Acting
Chapter Eleven 'An Inculcated Caring': Ryle on Moral Knowledge
Chapter Twelve Are There Any Intrinsically Unjust Acts?
Part IV Language Chapter Thirteen The Identity of a Word
Chapter Fourteen Ryle on Hypotheticals
Chapter Fifteen Metaphysics and Modals
Chapter Sixteen Conceptual Corruption
Sources
Index.