Moore's Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality, and the First Person

by Mitchell S. Green, John N. Williams

Overview

G. E. Moore observed that to assert, 'I went to the pictures last Tuesday but I don't believe that I did' would be 'absurd'. Over half a century later, such sayings continue to perplex philosophers. In the definitive treatment of the famous paradox, Green and Williams explain its history and relevance and present new essays by leading thinkers in the area.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199282791
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

University of Virginia

Singapore Management University

Table of Contents

I. Introduction and Historical ContextIntroduction, Mitchell Green and John WilliamsThe All-Seeing Eye: A History of Moore's Paradox, Roy SorensenII. Moore's Paradox and KnowledgeMoorean Absurdity: An Epistemological Analysis, Claudio de AlmeidaThe Normative Character of Belief, Thomas BaldwinMoore's Paradoxes, Evans's Principle and Iterated Belief, John WilliamsIII. Moore's Paradox, Belief, and AssertionWhat Reflexive Pronouns Tell Us about Belief - A New Moore's Paradox De Se, Rationality, and Privileged Access, Jay D. AtlasMoore's Paradox and the Transparency of Belief, Jonathan Adler and Bradley Armour-GarbIV. Moore's Paradox and ConsciousnessConsciousness, Reasons, and Moore's Paradox, André GalloisMoorean Absurdity and Showing What's Within, Mitchell GreenV. Arguments from Moore's ParadoxMy Philosophical Position Says 'p' and I Don't Believe 'p', Alan HájekMoorean Pretence, Robert Gordon

Editorial Reviews

"This volume from Green and Williams is an extremely helpful source of material with which to begin assessing attempts either to understand or to solve the Moorean paradox."—Stephen Hetherington, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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