On Being With Others - Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Derrida (Hardcover)

This work seeks to uncover one of the key questions in philosophy: how can we claim to have knowledge of minds other than our own? It shows how the problem of other minds is trapped in a fruitless debate between the sceptical belief that the minds of others cannot be known and those who wish to dispel that scepticism. Simon Glendinning's analysis of this problem argues that it has polarized debate to such an extent that we do not know how to meet Wittgenstein's famous challenge that to "see the behaviour of a living thing is to see its soul". The book sets out to discover whether Wittgenstein's remark can be justified by drawing on both the analytic and continental traditions. The author explores why early attempts by Austin and Heidegger to reframe scepticism failed before linking this to the philosophy of language. Glendinning draws on the debate between Searle and Derrida and the work of John McDowell to show how a similar, misleading split over meaning has also been created in language.;A key feature of the book is how to recast these debates to find out whether we can "see" behaviour. A challenging and controversial linking of contemporary controversies in the philosophy of mi

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Simon Glendinning
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-17123-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-17123-7
Barcode:	9780415171236

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