A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox Belief, Knowledge, Assertion and Rationality

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Synopsis

A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox is the culmination of a decades-long engagement with Moore's paradox by the world's leading authority on the subject, the late John Williams. The book offers a comprehensive account of Moore's paradox in thought and speech, both in its comissive and omissive forms. Williams argues that Moorean absurdity comes in degrees, and shows that contrary to one tradition in the literature on Moore's Paradox, we cannot explain
Moorean absurdity in speech in terms of Moorean absurdity in thought, but must account for each form of absurdity in its own terms. Williams also explores the extent to which Moore's paradox may arise for attitudes other than belief, such as desire. Written with Williams' trademark clarity and wit, the book is
packed with arguments bearing on a wide range of topics in epistemology, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind.

Book details

Author:
John N. Williams
ISBN:
9780198879558
Related ISBNs:
9780198744221, 9780191065330
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Pages:
304
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-04-05
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
John N. Williams 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Philosophy