Summary
Original commentary on the work of
philosopher John Perry by prominent contemporary analytic
philosophers, with Perry's detailed and original responses; topics
include the metaphysics of identity, semantics, and philosophy of
mind. John Perry, Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at
Stanford University, is one of a handful of contemporary analytic
philosophers to combine the focused approach of most current work
in analytic philosophy with the more expansive systems-building of
earlier analytic philosophers and contemporary philosophers in
other disciplines. Perry, like W.V.O. Quine, Donald Davison, David
Lewis, and Hilary Putnam, focuses on narrow topics across a broad
range of subjects. In this volume, leading contemporary analytic
philosophers contribute original essays in each of the areas that
have been most influenced by Perry's work--metaphysics, language,
and mind. Perry himself contributes detailed and original replies.
After a comprehensive introduction to Perry's work by the editors
that places semantics at the heart of Perry's philosophical
strategy, the essays discuss Perry's contributions to the
metaphysics of identity, the philosophy of language--in particular,
contributions related to reference and unarticulated
constituents--and the philosophy of mind. The essays and replies
provide new perspectives on Perry's philosophical contributions
over the last four decades, and yield insights into contemporary
debates on these topics. ContributorsRobert Audi, Kent Bach,
Patricia Blanchette, Herman Cappelen, Eros Corazza, Ernie Lepore,
Brian Loar, Peter Ludlow, Genoveva Marti, Michael McKinsey, Stephen
Neale, Michael O'Rourke, John Perry, Francois Recanati, Cara
Spencer, Kenneth A. Taylor, Corey Washington.
