Millikan Ruth Garrett - Millikan and Her Critics

Philosophy is an interactive enterprise. Much of it is carried out in dialogue as theories and ideas are presented and subsequently refined in the crucible of close scrutiny. The purpose of this series is to reconstruct this vital interplay among thinkers. Each book consists of a temporary assessment of an important living philosophers work. A collection of essays written by an interdisciplinary group of critics addressing the substantial theses of the philosophers corpus opens each volume. In the last section, the philosopher responds to his or her critics, clarifies crucial points of the discussion, or updates his or her doctrines.

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Millikan and her critics / edited by Dan Ryder, Justine Kingsbury, and Kenneth Williford.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-65684-6 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-470-65685-3 (pbk.)
1. Millikan, Ruth Garrett. I. Ryder, Dan (Thomas Daniel) II. Kingsbury, Justine. III. Williford, Kenneth.
B945.M487M55 2013
191dc23

2012032812

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