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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
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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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