Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind [Paperback]

Gilbert Harman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198238029 | ISBN-13: 978-0198238027 | Publication Date: September 16, 1999

In this important new collection, Gilbert Harman presents a selection of fifteen interconnected essays on fundamental issues at the center of analytic philosophy. The book opens with a group of four essays discussing basic principles of reasoning and rationality. The next three essays argue against the once popular idea that certain claims are true and knowable by virtue of meaning. In the third group of essays Harman presents his own view of meaning and the possibility of thinking in language. The final three essays investigate the nature of mind, developing further the themes already set out.
Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind offers an integrated presentation of this rich and influential body of work, which Harman has developed over thirty years.

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About the Author

Gilbert Harman is Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His books include Thought (1973), The Nature of Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (Oxford, 1977), Change in View: Principles of Reasoning (1986), Skepticism and the Definition of Knowledge (1990), and Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1996).

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 16, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198238029
• ISBN-13: 978-0198238027
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,396,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Harman's book, August 6, 2006

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This review is from: Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind (Paperback)

It was o.k. Some of the issues he discusses just seemed a little trivial and semantical in nature. I liked the section on rationality a lot better than for example, the one on meaning.

17 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gil, you RULE, March 27, 2000

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Benj Hellie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind (Paperback)

In Gil's official portrait, found on the jacket of the book, he looks not unlike Rudy Giuliani. I printed a large copy of this portrait off his web page and hung it in my office -- every time I looked up at it, I'd hear Gil saying "so, you're going to hand your dissertation in next week, right?" This was very inspirational. Anyway, there is plenty of awesome fodder in the book. Sometimes when I need a philosophical intuition confirmed, I look in the book, and lo and behold, there is some terse statement that indicates that Gil had thought the idea up 30 years ago. IQE is a fine article on experience; very thought-provoking and worth intensive study. Wide Functionalism is also a fine piece of work. Kieran says that Practical Reasoning is a classic, and although I don't work on that stuff I found it very impressive.