Mind Reason and Being-in-the-World

<p>John McDowell and Hubert L. Dreyfus are philosophers of world renown whose work has decisively shaped the fields of analytic philosophy and phenomenology respectively. <i>Mind Reason and Being-in-the-World: The McDowell-Dreyfus Debate</i> opens with their debate over one of the most important and controversial subjects of philosophy: is human experience pervaded by conceptual rationality or does experience mark the limits of reason? Is all intelligibility rational or is there a form of intelligibility at work in our skilful bodily rapport with the world that eludes our intellectual capacities? McDowell and Dreyfus provide a fascinating insight into some fundamental differences between analytic philosophy and phenomenology as well as areas where they may have something in common.</p><p>Fifteen specially commissioned chapters by distinguished international contributors enrich the debate inaugurated by McDowell and Dreyfus taking it in a number of different and important directions. Fundamental philosophical problems discussed include: the embodied mind subjectivity and self-consciousness intentionality rationality practical skills human agency and the history of philosophy from Kant to Hegel to Heidegger to Merleau-Ponty. With the addition of these outstanding contributions <i>Mind Reason and Being-in-the-World</i> is essential reading for students and scholars of analytic philosophy and phenomenology.</p>