From Library Journal

Chisholm is a "philosopher's philosopher": he does not write for the lay person. The 18 essays collected here--two of which have been completely rewritten and only one of which (a very short piece on "categories") is new--cover such traditional metaphysical topics as freedom and determinism, identity, the mind-body problem, and the existence of the self and the external world. The provenance of the essays ranges over the past 30 years, although most are fairly recent. The writing has a medieval ring to it; the density of the arguments is such that only professional philosophers will have the interest to penetrate it. However, as all but three of the essays have appeared elsewhere, this is not an essential purchase, even for philosophy collections.
- Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, D.C.
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About the Author

Roderick M. Chisholm was professor of philosophy at Brown University, where he also held the Andrew W. Mellon chair in humanities for many years. Minnesota has published two of his books, The First Person: An Essay on Reference and Intentionality (1981) and The Foundations of Knowing (1982).
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