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Content and Comportment
Michael O'Donovan-Anderson
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Description for Content and Comportment
Paperback. The author argues that a major apparent dilemma between idealism and skepticism is avoidable, and that realism is defensible, using ideas from both analytical and continental philosophers to bring these two approaches together in an effective way. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 265.
In this ambitious and compelling book, Michael O'Donovan-Anderson argues that the answer to some long-standing questions in epistemology and metaphysics lies in taking up the neglected question of the role of our bodily activity in establishing connections between representational states—knowledge and belief in particular—and their objects in the world. O'Donovan-Anderson uses ideas from both analytic philosophers (Frege, Dummett, Davidson, and Evans) and continental philosophers (Heidegger and his commentators and critics) to bring together these two approaches in a unique and effective way. Content and Comportment is an important contribution to the literature on embodiment, and will be of great interest ... Read more
In this ambitious and compelling book, Michael O'Donovan-Anderson argues that the answer to some long-standing questions in epistemology and metaphysics lies in taking up the neglected question of the role of our bodily activity in establishing connections between representational states—knowledge and belief in particular—and their objects in the world. O'Donovan-Anderson uses ideas from both analytic philosophers (Frege, Dummett, Davidson, and Evans) and continental philosophers (Heidegger and his commentators and critics) to bring together these two approaches in a unique and effective way. Content and Comportment is an important contribution to the literature on embodiment, and will be of great interest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847686254
SKU
V9780847686254
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99-15
About Michael O'Donovan-Anderson
Michael O'Donovan-Anderson is a tutor at St. John's College and the editor of The Incorporated Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment (Rowman & Littlefield).
Reviews for Content and Comportment
Content and Comportment provides for an excellent analysis of important epistemological theories.
Review of Metaphysics
Interesting, original, and insightful.
Philip Dwyer, University of Saskatchewan
Philosophy in Review
Review of Metaphysics
Interesting, original, and insightful.
Philip Dwyer, University of Saskatchewan
Philosophy in Review