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基本説明
Sixteen philosophers offer specially written essays on the themes of mind, method and morality in the work of Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein.
Full Description
Sir Anthony Kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time. In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, Kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of Western philosophical inquiry. Mind, Method and Morality celebrates Kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom Kenny has given special attention, namely Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein. It contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant area. Strongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that Kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his work. While keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of Kenny's own philosophical writings. A preface by the Editors describes Anthony Kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writings.
Contents
Preface ; Abbreviations ; PART I: ARISTOTLE ; 1. The Good, the Noble and the Theoretical in the Eudemian Ethics ; 2. The Opinion of Aristotle concerning Destiny and What Is Up To Us ; 3. Weakness and Impetuosity ; 4. An Approach to Aristotelian Actuality ; PART II: AQUINAS ; 5. The Role of Consent in Aquinas' Theory of Action ; 6. Kenny and Aquinas on the Metaphysics of Mind ; 7. 'Whatever is Changing is being Changed by Something Else': A Reappraisal of Premise One of the First Way ; 8. The Action of God ; PART III: DESCARTES ; 9. The Physics and Metaphysics of the Mind: Descartes and Regius ; 10. Cartesian Autonomy ; 11. Descartes's Theory of Perceptual Cognition and the Question of Moral Sensibility ; 12. Descartes and the Immortality of the Soul ; PART IV: WITTGENSTEIN ; 13. The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology ; 14. Concepts: Between the Subjective and the Objective ; 15. Some Remarks on Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy of Mind ; 16. A Tale of Two Problems ; Bibliography of the Works of Anthony Kenny ; Notes on the Contributors ; Index
