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Originally published in 1991, the essays in this volume are written
by philosophers who were convinced that Wittgenstein's
investigations in philosophical psychology were of direct relevance
to current experimental psychology at the time. Rather than
reflecting on the nature of psychological theory at a high level of
abstraction, they examined leading theories and controversies in
the experimental study of vision and of language in order to reveal
the conceptual problems that they raise and the philosophical
theories that have exerted an influence upon them. Under the
section headings 'Language and Behaviour' and 'Perception and
Representation', the essays examine the work of Chomsky, Gregory,
Marr, Weiskrantz and others, and discuss problems ranging from
artificial intelligence to animal communications, from blindsight
to machine vision. The collection aims to demonstrate that
philosophical investigations can contribute to psychological
science by extirpating conceptual confusions which have been woven
into the fabric of empirical research. The majority of the essays
had been specially commissioned, and the contributors include
several of the most distinguished exponents of Wittgenstein's
philosophical legacy at the time.
Originally published in 1991, the essays in this volume are written
by philosophers who were convinced that Wittgenstein's
investigations in philosophical psychology were of direct relevance
to current experimental psychology at the time. Rather than
reflecting on the nature of psychological theory at a high level of
abstraction, they examined leading theories and controversies in
the experimental study of vision and of language in order to reveal
the conceptual problems that they raise and the philosophical
theories that have exerted an influence upon them. Under the
section headings 'Language and Behaviour' and 'Perception and
Representation', the essays examine the work of Chomsky, Gregory,
Marr, Weiskrantz and others, and discuss problems ranging from
artificial intelligence to animal communications, from blindsight
to machine vision. The collection aims to demonstrate that
philosophical investigations can contribute to psychological
science by extirpating conceptual confusions which have been woven
into the fabric of empirical research. The majority of the essays
had been specially commissioned, and the contributors include
several of the most distinguished exponents of Wittgenstein's
philosophical legacy at the time.
Peter Hacker is one of the most notable interpreters of
Wittgenstein's work, a powerful and sophisticated exponent of
Wittgensteinian ideas, and a distinguished historian of the
analytic tradition. Thirteen leading philosophers and Wittgenstein
scholars offer specially written essays in honour of Hacker. Their
contributions deal with a variety of themes associated with
Wittgenstein. Some deal with issues of Wittgenstein scholarship and
interpretation, including areas that have attracted an increasing
amount of attention, such as ethics and religion. Others deal with
central topics from the history of analytic philosophy. Finally
there are essays that explore and assess Wittgensteinian ideas, in
some cases as developed by Hacker, in the philosophy of language
and the philosophy of mind, or in related areas such as the
philosophy of action and the philosophy of neuroscience.
One of the most exciting developments in philosophy in the last
fifty years is the resurgence in the philosophy of action. The
concept of action now occupies a central place in ethics,
metaphysics and jurisprudence. This collection of original essays,
by some of the most astute and influential philosophers working in
this area, covers the entire range of the philosophy of action.
Topics covered include the nature of actions themselves; how the
concepts of act, agent, cause and event are related to each other;
self-knowledge, emotion, autonomy and freedom in human life; and
the place of the concept of action in criminal law. The volume
concludes with a major essay by one of America's leading
authorities in the philosophy of law on 'the 3.5 billion dollar
question': was the destruction of the World Trade Center one event
or two?
This, in a nutshell, is the central problem in the theory of art.
It has fascinated philosophers from Plato to Wittgenstein. And it
fascinates artists and art historians, who have always drawn
extensively on philosophical ideas about language and
representation, and on ideas about vision and the visible world
that have deep philosophical roots. John Hyman's "The Objective
Eye" is a radical treatment of this problem, deeply informed by the
history of philosophy and science, but entirely fresh. The
questions tackled here are fundamental ones: Is our experience of
color an illusion? How does the metaphysical status of colors
differ from that of shapes? With great agility, Hyman considers
what is different between a picture and a written text - and
whether absolutely anything can be represented in a picture. For
example, can a picture represent a thought or a feeling, or a sound
or a smell, or must the things it represents have shapes and
colors? Why are some pictures said to be more realistic than
others? Is it because they are especially truthful or, on the
contrary, because they deceive the eye? "The Objective Eye"
explores the fundamental concepts we use constantly in our most
innocent thoughts and conversations about art, as well as in the
most sophisticated art theory. The book progresses from pure
philosophy to applied philosophy and ranges from the metaphysics of
color to Renaissance perspective, from anatomy in ancient Greece to
impressionism in nineteenth-century France. Philosophers, art
historians, and students of the arts will find "The Objective Eye"
challenging and absorbing.
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