Moore's Paradox (original) (raw)

From the OUP Catalog: Description * Impressive line-up of excellent contributors * Illuminates numerous areas of contemporary philosophy * Includes an introductory survey accessible to non-specialists 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 might be true. Over half a century later, such sayings continue to perplex philosophers and other students of language, logic, and cognition. Ludwig Wittgenstein was fascinated by Moore's example, and the absurdity of Moore's saying was intensively discussed in the mid-20th century. Yet the source of the absurdity has remained elusive, and its recalcitrance has led researchers in recent decades to address it with greater care. In this definitive treatment of the problem of Moorean absurdity Green and Williams survey the history and relevance of the paradox and leading approaches to resolving it, and present new essays by leading thinkers in the area. Contributors Jonathan Adler, Bradley Armour-Garb, Jay D. Atlas, Thomas Baldwin, Claudio de Almeida, André Gallois, Robert Gordon, Mitchell Green, Alan Hájek, Roy Sorensen, John Williams Readership: Scholars and students of philosophy Contents I. Introduction and Historical Context Introduction , Mitchell Green and John Williams The All-Seeing Eye: A History of Moore's Paradox , Roy Sorensen II. Moore's Paradox and Knowledge Moorean Absurdity: An Epistemological Analysis , Claudio de Almeida The Normative Character of Belief , Thomas Baldwin Moore's Paradoxes, Evans's Principle and Iterated Belief , John Williams III. 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 D. Atlas Moore's Paradox and the Transparency of Belief , Jonathan Adler and Bradley Armour-Garb IV. Moore's Paradox and Consciousness Consciousness, Reasons, and Moore's Paradox , Andre Gallois Moorean Absurdity and Showing What's Within , Mitchell Green V. Arguments from Moore's Paradox My Philosophical Position Says 'p' and I Don't Believe 'p' , Alan Hajek Moorean Pretence , Robert Gordon