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Human Nature
This major new study returns to Aristotle in order to examine the salient categories in terms of which we think about ourselves and our nature. An overview of the concepts of substance, causation, power and agency provides the background for an investigation into teleology, rationality and explanations of behaviour in terms of reasons.
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This major study examines the most fundamental categories in terms of which we conceive of ourselves, critically surveying the concepts of substance, causation, agency, teleology, rationality, mind, body, and person, and elaborating the conceptual fields in which they are embedded.
Human Nature is the culmination of 40 years of thought on the philosophy of mind and the nature of mankind. Written by one of the world’s leading philosophers, the co-author of the monumental 4 volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-2004), this book uses broad categories, such as substance, causation, agency, and power, to examine how we think about ourselves and our nature.
Platonic and Aristotelian conceptions of human nature are sketched and contrasted, providing a rich exploration of ideas. Individual chapters clarify and provide a historical overview of specific concepts, then link these concepts to ideas contained in other chapters.
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Human Nature by P. M. S. Hacker is praised for its insightful distinctions and arguments, emphasising the importance of careful and context-sensitive analysis. It is recognised as an outstanding contribution to contemporary metaphysics and philosophical anthropology, with reviewers highlighting its impressive clarity on complex and contentious topics.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781444332483
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 499g
Pages: 352
About the Author
P. M. S. Hacker is the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. He is author of the four-volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, the first two volumes co-authored with G. P. Baker (Blackwell, 1980–96) and of Wittgenstein’s Place in Twentieth-century Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell, 1996). He has also written extensively on philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, most recently Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003) and History of Cognitive Neuroscience (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), both co-authored with M. R. Bennett. He is also co-editor (with Joachim Schulte) and co-translator of the 4th edition of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
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