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Half-title + TP + [v] = Dedication page + [vii] = Contents + ix-xiii = Preface + half title + [3]-314, Octavo. First UK Edition. In Postures of the Mind, Baier develops a philosophy of mind and ethics that grew out of her reading of Hume and the later Wittgenstein, and that challenges several Kantian or analytic articles of faith. She questions the assumption that intellect has authority over all human feelings and traditions; that to recognize order we must recognize universal laws-descriptive or prescriptive; that the essential mental activity is representing; and that mental acts can be analyzed into discrete basic elements, combined according to statable rules of synthesis. In the first group of essays-"Varieties of Mental Postures"-Baier evaluates the positions taken by philosophers ranging from Descartes to Dennett and Davidson. Among her topics are remembering, intending, realizing, caring, representing, changing one's mind, justifying one's actions and feelings, and having conflicting reasons for them. The second group of essays-"Varieties of Moral Postures" - explores the sort of morality we get when all of these capacities become reflective and self-corrective. Some deal with particular moral issues-our treatment of animals, our policies regarding risk to human life, our contractual obligations. Others deal with more general questions on the role of moral philosophers and the place of moral theory. These essays respond to the theories of Hobbes, Kant, Rawls, and MacIntyre, but Baier's most positive reaction is to David Hume. Postures of the Mind affirms and cultivates his version of a moral reflection; one which employs feeling and tradition as well as reason. Original publisher's paperback. The corners of the covers are just a bit dinged and there is some edge foxing to the pages. Still, this an eminently presentable copy of this first books by one of the 20th century's most creative feminist philosophers. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1364
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Postures of the Mind: Essays on Mind & ...
Verlag: Methuen, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
Einband: Softcover
Auflage: FIRST UK EDITION.
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