The body/body problem : selected essays / Arthur C. Danto.

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Danto, Arthur C, 1924-2013

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520927049
0520927044
0585273766
9780585273761

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Body/body problem.DDC classification:

128/.6 21

LOC classification:

B105.R4 D36 1999eb

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Contents:

Representational properties and mind/body identity -- The representational character of ideas and the problem of the external world -- Basic actions and basic concepts -- Action, knowledge and representation -- Outline of a theory of sentential states -- Depiction and description -- Freudian explanations and the language of the unconscious -- History and representation -- The decline and fall of the analytical philosophy of history -- The body/body problem -- Beautiful science and the future of criticism -- In their own voice: philosophical writing and actual experience.

Summary: The essays in The Body/Body Problem, spanning more than twenty-five years, highlight the inseparability of philosophy and art in Arthur C. Danto's work. Here Danto explores the traditional philosophical question of how, as creatures with minds and bodies, we represent - and misrepresent - actual and possible worlds. Addressing philosophical questions of mental representation, Danto presents his distinctive approach to some of the most enduring topics in philosophy.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The essays in The Body/Body Problem, spanning more than twenty-five years, highlight the inseparability of philosophy and art in Arthur C. Danto's work. Here Danto explores the traditional philosophical question of how, as creatures with minds and bodies, we represent - and misrepresent - actual and possible worlds. Addressing philosophical questions of mental representation, Danto presents his distinctive approach to some of the most enduring topics in philosophy.