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This volume is a collection of essays in appreciation, analysis and honor of Paul Ziff, one of the leading American philosophers of the post-World War II period. The essays address questions that loomed large in Ziff's own work. Essays by Zeno Vendler, Jay Rosenberg, and Tom Patton address topics in philosophy of language: understanding, misunderstanding, rules, regularities, and proper names. Michael Resnik examines the nature of numbers, Rita Nolan addresses 'mutant predicates', and Peter Alexander discusses microscopes and corpuscles. Douglas C. Long ruminates on Ziff's claim that machines can neither think nor feel. The essays of Dale Jamieson, Bill E. Lawson, Douglas Dempster, and Joseph Ullian address various questions in aesthetics: aesthetic appreciation and morality, expression, the scope of appreciation, and the aesthetics of sport. In the spirit of Ziff, Douglas Stalker criticizes some of the 'mush' that looms large in our intellectual lives. The volume begins with a reminiscence by Paul Benacerraf, and ends with selections from an unpublished volume of plays by Paul Ziff. The volume should appeal to anyone whose work has been influenced by Ziff, or is interested in central philosophical problems concerning language, mind, and art.

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Author:   D. Jamieson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1994
Volume:   240
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9789048143917

ISBN 10:   9048143918
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   04 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Paul Ziff, 1958–1960: A Reminiscence.- Understanding Misunderstanding.- Rules and Regularities Revisited.- Proper Names: Possibility and Culture.- Numbers as Structures and as Positions in Structures.- The Unnaturalness of Grue.- Microscopes and Corpuscles.- Why Machines Can Neither Think Nor Feel.- Ziff on Shooting an Elephant.- Jazz and the African-American Experience: The Expressiveness of African-American Music.- Anything Contemplated.- Aesthetics and Baseball.- Rhyme Without Reason.- Afterword: Selections from A Tripartite Trismus.- The Publications of Paul Ziff.- Notes on Contributors.- Name Index.

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