Dretske and his critics

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Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell (1991)
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Frederick Dretske′s views on the nature of seeing, the possibility of knowledge, the nature of content or non-natural meaning, the nature of behavior, and the role of content in teh causal explanation of behavior have been profoundly important. Dretske and His Critics contains original discussions of these issues by Joh Heil, Stuart Cohen, David H Sanford, Jaegwon Kim, Fred Adams, Daniel Dennett, Robert Cummins, Terence Horgan and Brian McLaughlin. Each chapter is responded to by Dretske himslef.

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B945.D744.D74 1991

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1557861986   9781557861986

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10.2307/2220010

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Chapters

Actions, reasons, and the explanatory role of content.Terence E. Horgan
Belief individuation and Dretske on naturalizing content.Brian P. McLaughlin
Causal contents.Frederick R. Adams
Replies to Critics.Fred Dretske
The role of mental meaning in psychological explanation.Robert C. Cummins
Ways of establishing harmony.Daniel C. Dennett
Skepticism, relevance, and relativity.  (pages 17--37)Stewart Cohen
Knowledge: Sanford and Cohen.  (pages 185--96)Fred Dretske

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Brian P. McLaughlin
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