{"product_id":"john-mcdowell-1","title":"John McDowell","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn McDowell is one of the most widely read philosophers in recent years. His engagement with a philosophy of language, mind and ethics and with philosophers ranging from Aristotle and Wittgenstein to Hegel and Gadamer make him one of the most original and outstanding philosophical thinkers of the post-war period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this clear and engaging book, Tim Thornton introduces and examines the full range of McDowell's thought. After a helpful introduction setting out McDowell's general view of philosophy, Thornton introduces and explains the following topics:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWittgenstein on philosophy, normativity and understanding; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evalue judgements;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etheories of meaning and sense; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esingular thought and Cartesianism; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eperceptual experience and knowledge, disjunctivism and openness to the world;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cem\u003eMind and World\u003c\/em\u003e, the content of perceptual experience and idealism; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eaction and the debate with Hubert Dreyfus on conceptual content and skilled coping.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition has been significantly revised and expanded to include new sections on: McDowell's work on disjunctivism and criticisms of it; a new chapter on McDowell's modification of his account of perceptual experience and conceptual content, and criticisms by Charles Travis; and a new chapter on action and McDowell's engagement with Hubert Dreyfus and the debate concerning skilled coping and mindedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe addition of a glossary and suggestions for further reading makes \u003ci\u003eJohn McDowell, second edition\u003c\/i\u003e essential reading for those studying McDowell, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics and epistemology, as well as for students of the recent history of analytical philosophy generally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54235270381912,"sku":"9781138214453","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138214453.jpg?v=1777263342","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/john-mcdowell-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}