Moore's paradox : new essays on belief, rationality, and the first person
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. - ;G. E. Moore famously observed that to assert, 'I went to the pictures last Tuesday but I don't believe that I did' would be 'absurd'. Moore calls it a 'paradox' that this absurdity persists despite the fact that what I say about myself mi
eBook, English, 2007
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2007
1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations
9781429469814, 9780191515729, 9780199282791, 9781281145550, 9786611145552, 1429469811, 0191515728, 019928279X, 1281145556, 6611145559
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Introduction and historical context
Introduction / Mitchell Green and John N. Williams
The all-seeing eye : a blind spot in the history of ideas / Roy Sorensen
Moore's paradox and knowledge
Moorean absurdity : an epistemological analysis / Claudio de Almeida
The normative character of belief / Thomas Baldwin
Moore's paradox, Evans's principle, and iterated beliefs / John N. Williams
Moore's paradox, belief, and assertion
What reflexive pronouns tell us about belief : a new Moore's paradox de se, rationality, and privileged access / Jay David Atlas
Moore's paradox and the transparency of belief / Jonathan E. Adler and Bradley Armour-Garb
Moore's paradox and consciousness
Consciousness, reasons, and Moore's paradox / André Gallois
Moorean absurdity and showing what's within / Mitchell Green
Arguments from Moore's paradox
My philosophical position says and I don't believe / Alan Hájek
Moorean pretense / Robert M. Gordon