A powerful tradition in philosophy, of which Descartes is an influential proponent, holds that mind is something possessed by each individual human, independently of membership in a culture and society. But there is a dissenting tradition, which takes mental activities and states to be essentially social. In these Carus Lectures, Annette Baier looks at the relation between individual and shared reasoning, intending, and moral reflection. In each case she emphasizes the interdependence of minds and the role of social practices in setting the norms governing these activities. Professor Baier defends the view that our reasoning and our intention-formation require a commons of the mind -- a background of shared reasonings, intentions, and actions. However, she concludes that moral reflection, as a social capacity, is still in its infancy, and that a commons of the mind is by no means assured with regard to morality.
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New York, Harvard University Press, John Locke, Cambridge University Press, Dugald Stewart, Postures of the Mind, Presidential Address, Critique of Pure Reason, Tanner Lectures, The Clarendon Press New!
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- History of England, Volume 5 by David Hume on 5 pages
- Critique of Pure Reason (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant) by Immanuel Kant on 4 pages
- A Spinoza Reader: The Ethics and Other Works by Benedictus de Spinoza on 4 pages
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume on page 12, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Intentions in Communication (System Development Foundation Benchmark Series) by Philip R. Cohen on page 1, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Persons And Passions: Essays In Honor Of Annette Baier by Joyce Jenkins on page 2, page 13, and page 358
- Feminism and Modern Philosophy (Understanding Feminist Philosophy) by Andrea Nye on page 103, page 110, and Back Matter
- Feminism and Modern Philosophy (Understanding Feminist Philosophy) by Andrea Nye on page 103, page 110, and Back Matter
- Why Sports Morally Matter (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport) by William Morgan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- John Searle's Ideas About Social Reality: Extensions, Criticisms, and Reconstructions (Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue) by David Koepsell on page 98, and page 99
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