Mind, Method, and Morality

Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-955612-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Celebrates the work of Anthony Kenny, one of the most eminent philosophers of our time
Will interest researchers in ancient, medieval, early modern, or 20th-century philosophy
Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes and Wittgenstein are arguably the leading figures in the four eras of philosophy
New work by leading scholars in these fields

Sir Anthony Kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time. In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to ist past, Kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of Western philosophical inquiry. Mind, Method and Morality celebrates Kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom Kenny has given special attention, namely Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein. It contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant area. Strongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that Kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his work. While keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of Kenny's own philosophical writings. A preface by the Editors describes Anthony Kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writings.

Zielgruppe

Advanced students and scholars of philosophy and its history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cottingham, John

Hacker, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Part I: Aristotle
1: Sarah Broadie: The Good, the Noble and the Theoretical in the Eudemian Ethics
2: Jonathan Barnes: The Opinion of Aristotle concerning Destiny and What Is Up To Us
3: David Charles: Weakness and Impetuosity
4: Christopher Shields: An Approach to Aristotelian Actuality
Part II: Aquinas
5: Terence Irwin: The Role of Consent in Aquinas' Theory of Action
6: John Haldane: Kenny and Aquinas on the Metaphysics of Mind
7: David S. Oderberg: 'Whatever is Changing is being Changed by Something Else': A Reappraisal of Premise One of the First Way
8: Brian Davies: The Action of God
Part III: Descartes
9: Desmond Clarke: The Physics and Metaphysics of the Mind: Descartes and Regius
10: John Cottingham: Cartesian Autonomy
11: Stephen Gaukroger: Descartes's Theory of Perceptual Cognition and the Question of Moral Sensibility
12: Marleen Rozemond: Descartes and the Immortality of the Soul
Part IV: Wittgenstein
13: Peter Hacker: The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology
14: Hans-Johann Glock: Concepts: Between the Subjective and the Objective
15: Joachim Schulte: Some Remarks on Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy of Mind
16: Severin Schroeder: A Tale of Two Problems
Bibliography of the Works of Anthony Kenny
Notes on the Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by John Cottingham, University of Reading, and Peter Hacker, University of Oxford

Contributors:
Jonathan Barnes, formerly Université de Paris-Sorbonne
Sarah Broadie, University of St Andrews
David Charles, Oriel College, Oxford
Desmond Clarke, Professor Emeritus, National University of Ireland, Cork
John Cottingham, Professor Emeritus, University of Reading and Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford
Brian Davies, Fordham University, New York
Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney and University of Aberdeen
Hans-Johann Glock, University of Zurich and Visiting Professor, University of Reading
Peter Hacker, Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford
John Haldane, University of St Andrews
Terence Irwin, University of Oxford
David S. Oderberg, University of Reading
Marleen Rozemond, University of Toronto
Severin Schroeder, University of Reading
Joachim Schulte, University of Zürich
Christopher Shields, University of Oxford