1st Edition

New Thoughts About Old Things Cognitive Policies as the Ground of Singular Concepts

By Krista Lawlor Copyright 2001
    150 Pages
    by Routledge

    136 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book defends a novel theory of singular concepts, emphasizing the pragmatic requirements of singular concept possession and arguing that these requirements must be understood to institute traditions and policies of thought.

    Chapter 1 Externalism and (Yet Another) Self-Knowledge Problem; Chapter 2 Straight Solutions to the Skeptical Problem; Chapter 3 How to Think About Thinking with Purported Coreference; Chapter 4 Dispositions and Dossiers: The Mechanics of Coreferential Thinking; Chapter 5 Warrant in Coreferential Thinking;

    Biography

    Krista Lawlor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University.

    "...a brilliant book." -- Kent Bach, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews