The Engaged Intellect: Philosophical Essays

The Engaged Intellect: Philosophical Essays

The Engaged Intellect collects important essays of John McDowell. Each involves a sustained engagement with the views of an important philosopher and is characterized by a modesty that is partly temperamental and partly methodological. It is typical of McDowell to represent his own best insights either as already to be found in the writings of his heroes (Aristotle, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, and Sellars) or as inevitably emerging from a charitable modification of the views of those (such as Anscombe, Sellars, Davidson, Evans, Rorty, Dreyfus, and Brandom) subjected here to criticism. McDowell therefore develops his own philosophical picture in these pages through a method of indirection. The method is one of intervening in a philosophical dialectic at a characteristic junctureâ€”in which it is difficult to avoid the feeling that further progress is required. McDowell shows how progress is to be achieved by preserving what is most attractive in the views of those he is in conversation with, while whittling away their weaknesses. As he practices this method, what emerges through the volume is the unity of McDowellâ€™s own views. The combination of philosophical breadth with dialectical depthâ€”of intricate argumentative detail with overall philosophical coherenceâ€”marks McDowell as one of the most compelling philosophers of our time.

Country	USA
Author	John McDowell
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Harvard University Press
EAN	9780674031647
Edition	y First edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0674031644
Label	Harvard University Press
Manufacturer	Harvard University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	360
PublicationDate	2009-01-31
Publisher	Harvard University Press
ReleaseDate	2009-03-02
Studio	Harvard University Press

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