Knowledge.Possibility.and.Consciousness.Apr.2001.pdf

KNOWLEDGE,

POSSIBILITY,

AND CONSCIOUSNESS

JOHN PERRY

Knowledge, Possibility,

and Consciousness

The Jean Nicod Lectures

Francois Recanati, editor

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Fodor (1994)

Naturalizing the Mind, Fred Dretske (1995)

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Elster (1999)

Knowledge, Possibility, and Consciousness, John Perry (2001)

The 1999 Jean Nicod

Lectures

Knowledge, Possibility,

and Consciousness

John Perry

The MIT Press

Cambridge, Massachusetts

London, England

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Perry, John, 1943–

Knowledge, possibility, and consciousness / John Perry.

p. cm. — (The Jean Nicod lectures ; 1999)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-262-16199-0 (alk. paper)

1. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Title. II. Series.

BD161 .P43 2001

128'.2—dc21

00-048959