Education
University of Street Andrews. University of Oxford.
(Current approaches to the question of our position in tim...)
Current approaches to the question of our position in time--such as those seen in disputes between tensed and tenseless theories, and between realist and anti-realist treatments of past and future--misconstrue the relation between metaphysics and ethics, and the way to characterize the kind of sense which tensed language has. In this original and thought-provoking study, David Cockburn argues that the notion of "reasons for emotion" must have a central place in any account of meaning, and that the present should have no priority in our understanding of tense.
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(The book is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. Wh...)
The book is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. While a number of such introductions are available, this book differs from others in that, while rejecting the dualist approach associated in particular with Descartes, it also casts serious doubt on the forms of materialism that now dominate English language philosophy. Drawing in particular on the work of Wittgenstein, a central place is given to the importance of the notion of a human being in our thought about ourselves and others.
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University of Street Andrews. University of Oxford.
He held a British Academy Readership in 1994-1996, during which he wrote Other Times. He also holds a deep interest and involvement in the human rights group Amnesty International.
(Current approaches to the question of our position in tim...)
(The book is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. Wh...)