David Sosa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3698520 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David Sosa |
| NOMBRES | David |
| APELLIDO | Sosa |
| FIRMA | SOSA D |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
How To Get About
The ‘Only connect!’ that serves as epigraph to Forster's Howards End tolerates a variety of interpretations; but the very idea of a connection , or a relating of one thing with another, is conceptually deep. One form of connection is when something is about a thing, representing or symbolizing that thing. When we think of someone, or discuss something, we connect to them, or to it. In his Philosophical Investigations , Wittgenstein asks, ‘What ma…
Truth within Reason
It can be seen as a mark against a belief that its causal history be disconnected from the truth. And that idea fits well with the view that discovering that a belief’s causal history is so disconnected itself diminishes its normative status. But this latter view can also be held independently: believing that your belief was influenced by irrelevant factors might be seen as problematic even should it not be seen as in general a mark against a bel…
A Counter‐Reformation
Bad Words
This book is a collection of new articles on the topic of slurs and other derogatory terms and problematic language. The articles are written by some of the leading contributors to the field. Slurs are an interesting case for the philosophy of language. On one hand, they seem to be meaningful in something like the way many other expressions are meaningful—different slurs might seem in some way to refer to different groups, for example. But on the…
Bad Words
Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World
How does mind fit into nature? Philosophy has long been concerned with this question. No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify it than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work. The chapters cluster around two themes: first, exclusion, supervenience, and …
Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World
Two Forms of Dualism
I distinguish two sorts of motivation for dualism. One motivation is driven by the distinctive character of conscious phenomenology. The other is driven by the special character of normativity: Is rationality an even “harder” problem than consciousness? There is no dramatic climax in which I show that these two dualist currents have a common source; in fact, I think they are relatively independent
The Conditional Fallacy
∗ We are grateful to Michael Fara for valuable comments on an earlier version of this paper. † The authors ’ names are listed in alphabetical order. c © 2006 conditionalfallacyphilreview.tex; 31/07/2006; 14:12; p.1 The thought that dispositional properties can be understood in terms of the holding of certain counterfactuals goes back at least to Ryle1: To say that this lump of sugar is soluble is to say that it would dissolve, if submerged anywhe…
Perception and Reason
Perception and Reason
Naturalizing the Mind
The Import of the Puzzle About Belief
We may suppose that Pierre ... is a leading philosopher and logician. He would never let contradictory beliefs pass. And surely anyone, lead- ing logician or no, is in principle in a position to notice and correct contradictory beliefs if he has them. Precisely for this reason, we re- gard individuals who contradict themselves as subject to greater cen- sure than those who merely have false beliefs. But it is clear that Pierre ... is in no positi…
Dónde se encuentra el enigma sobre la creencia
This paper investigates S. Kripke’s, “A Puzzle about Belief”. I focus on three areas. First, it is not always clear where the puzzle lies. In what does the puzzle consist, exactly? A second focus is the methodology of Kripke’s paper. I believe Kripke’s use of the puzzle to defend Millianism involves an interesting methodology which has not received the attention it deserves. Third, I discuss relations between rationality, semantic value and refer…
The Import of the Puzzle About Belief
We may suppose that Pierre ... is a leading philosopher and logician. He would never let contradictory beliefs pass. And surely anyone, lead- ing logician or no, is in principle in a position to notice and correct contradictory beliefs if he has them. Precisely for this reason, we re- gard individuals who contradict themselves as subject to greater cen- sure than those who merely have false beliefs. But it is clear that Pierre ... is in no positi…
The Conditional Fallacy
∗ We are grateful to Michael Fara for valuable comments on an earlier version of this paper. † The authors ’ names are listed in alphabetical order. c © 2006 conditionalfallacyphilreview.tex; 31/07/2006; 14:12; p.1 The thought that dispositional properties can be understood in terms of the holding of certain counterfactuals goes back at least to Ryle1: To say that this lump of sugar is soluble is to say that it would dissolve, if submerged anywhe…
Dónde se encuentra el enigma sobre la creencia
This paper investigates S. Kripke’s, “A Puzzle about Belief”. I focus on three areas. First, it is not always clear where the puzzle lies. In what does the puzzle consist, exactly? A second focus is the methodology of Kripke’s paper. I believe Kripke’s use of the puzzle to defend Millianism involves an interesting methodology which has not received the attention it deserves. Third, I discuss relations between rationality, semantic value and refer…
The Import of the Puzzle About Belief
We may suppose that Pierre ... is a leading philosopher and logician. He would never let contradictory beliefs pass. And surely anyone, lead- ing logician or no, is in principle in a position to notice and correct contradictory beliefs if he has them. Precisely for this reason, we re- gard individuals who contradict themselves as subject to greater cen- sure than those who merely have false beliefs. But it is clear that Pierre ... is in no positi…
Naturalizing the Mind
Perception and Reason
Perception and Reason
The Conditional Fallacy
∗ We are grateful to Michael Fara for valuable comments on an earlier version of this paper. † The authors ’ names are listed in alphabetical order. c © 2006 conditionalfallacyphilreview.tex; 31/07/2006; 14:12; p.1 The thought that dispositional properties can be understood in terms of the holding of certain counterfactuals goes back at least to Ryle1: To say that this lump of sugar is soluble is to say that it would dissolve, if submerged anywhe…
Two Forms of Dualism
I distinguish two sorts of motivation for dualism. One motivation is driven by the distinctive character of conscious phenomenology. The other is driven by the special character of normativity: Is rationality an even “harder” problem than consciousness? There is no dramatic climax in which I show that these two dualist currents have a common source; in fact, I think they are relatively independent
Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World
How does mind fit into nature? Philosophy has long been concerned with this question. No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify it than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work. The chapters cluster around two themes: first, exclusion, supervenience, and …
Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World
Bad Words
This book is a collection of new articles on the topic of slurs and other derogatory terms and problematic language. The articles are written by some of the leading contributors to the field. Slurs are an interesting case for the philosophy of language. On one hand, they seem to be meaningful in something like the way many other expressions are meaningful—different slurs might seem in some way to refer to different groups, for example. But on the…
Bad Words
A Counter‐Reformation
Truth within Reason
It can be seen as a mark against a belief that its causal history be disconnected from the truth. And that idea fits well with the view that discovering that a belief’s causal history is so disconnected itself diminishes its normative status. But this latter view can also be held independently: believing that your belief was influenced by irrelevant factors might be seen as problematic even should it not be seen as in general a mark against a bel…
How To Get About
The ‘Only connect!’ that serves as epigraph to Forster's Howards End tolerates a variety of interpretations; but the very idea of a connection , or a relating of one thing with another, is conceptually deep. One form of connection is when something is about a thing, representing or symbolizing that thing. When we think of someone, or discuss something, we connect to them, or to it. In his Philosophical Investigations , Wittgenstein asks, ‘What ma…
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