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The Multiplicity of Interpreted Worlds

Inner and Outer Perspectives

Donald A. Crosby

In The Multiplicity of Interpreted Worlds: Inner and Outer Perspectives, Donald A. Crosby examines whether there is such a thing as an uninterpreted, unitary, in-itself world or if all claims about the world—whether scientific historical, cultural, communal, or individual—are necessarily partial and limited. If the latter is so, then ultimately many different worlds call for recognition, ranging in scope and reliability, but none of them—including those of the most allegedly "hard" science—either are or can be free of the limitations, disagreements, and fallibilities among even the most qualified experts in a particular field of investigation. The inward and the outward, the subjective and the objective, are thus crucially dependent on one another, and neither is finally intelligible as such apart from the other. Crosby argues that there is no such thing as a completely objective view of the world. This observation is pertinent to our treatment of other natural beings and their ecological domains because it makes us aware that they too have different relations to and perspectives on their environments or worlds in a manner similar to our own irreducibly different outlooks on such worlds from within.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 164 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-66690-650-9 • Hardback • February 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
Subjects: Philosophy / Metaphysics, Religion / Religion & Science, Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Donald A. Crosby is professor of philosophy emeritus of Colorado State University.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One Mind and World

Chapter Two Inner Lives of Humans

Chapter Three Conscious Self-Awareness in Other Animals

Chapter Four Morality and the Inner Life

Chapter Five Persons and Things

Chapter Six Inwardness and Religion

Chapter Seven Interpreted Worlds

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

The Multiplicity of Interpreted Worlds

Inner and Outer Perspectives

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Summary
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  • In The Multiplicity of Interpreted Worlds: Inner and Outer Perspectives, Donald A. Crosby examines whether there is such a thing as an uninterpreted, unitary, in-itself world or if all claims about the world—whether scientific historical, cultural, communal, or individual—are necessarily partial and limited. If the latter is so, then ultimately many different worlds call for recognition, ranging in scope and reliability, but none of them—including those of the most allegedly "hard" science—either are or can be free of the limitations, disagreements, and fallibilities among even the most qualified experts in a particular field of investigation. The inward and the outward, the subjective and the objective, are thus crucially dependent on one another, and neither is finally intelligible as such apart from the other. Crosby argues that there is no such thing as a completely objective view of the world. This observation is pertinent to our treatment of other natural beings and their ecological domains because it makes us aware that they too have different relations to and perspectives on their environments or worlds in a manner similar to our own irreducibly different outlooks on such worlds from within.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 164 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-1-66690-650-9 • Hardback • February 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
    Subjects: Philosophy / Metaphysics, Religion / Religion & Science, Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Author
Author
  • Donald A. Crosby is professor of philosophy emeritus of Colorado State University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter One Mind and World

    Chapter Two Inner Lives of Humans

    Chapter Three Conscious Self-Awareness in Other Animals

    Chapter Four Morality and the Inner Life

    Chapter Five Persons and Things

    Chapter Six Inwardness and Religion

    Chapter Seven Interpreted Worlds

    Bibliography

    Index

    About the Author

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