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Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Wittgenstein on Self, Meaning and World; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Philosophy, Logic and the Transcendental Method; 1.3 Logic and Language: The Picture Theory; 1.4 Sense, Logical Form and the World; 1.5 Logic, Language-Games and the World Order; 1.6 Self, Language and World; 1.7 The Willing Subject, Ethics and the Sense of the World; 1.8 God, World and the Meaning of Life; 1.9 The Two Godheads: The World and the I; 1.10 "I Am My World"; 1.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Mind and World: Naturalism vs. Non-naturalism
2.1 Introduction2.2 Mind and World, or Mind in the World: The Metaphysical Preliminaries; 2.3 The Mind-World Engagement: On How the Mind Lights Up the World; 2.4 The Realm of the Conceptual as Unbounded: The Hegelian Tinge; 2.5 Idealism Betrayed?; 2.6 Empiricism, Realism and Coherentism; 2.7 The Dilemma of Naturalism; 2.8 The Spectre of Rampant Platonism; 2.9 Non-naturalism Is Not Supernaturalism; 2.10 Re-enchanting Mind and World; 2.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Consciousness, Meaning and Nature; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Metaphysics of Mind: The Missing Hero
3.3 The Conscious Mind: The Hard Problem3.4 The Really Hard Problem: The Problem of Meaning; 3.5 The Space of Meaning; 3.6 Meaning Naturalized?; 3.7 Beyond Scientism; 3.8 Autonomy of the Space of Meaning: Why Non-naturalism Is Inevitable; 3.9 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Meaning in Mind; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Computational Representational Theory of Mind (CRTM); 4.3 The Language of Thought; 4.4 Mind as Syntax-Driven; 4.5 Mind, Meaning and World: Intentional Realism; 4.6 Fodor's Naturalistic Semantics vs. Searle's Biological Theory of Intentionality
4.7 Why Syntax Is Not Enough: Searle's Chinese Room Argument4.8 Naturalized Semantics: Narrow Contents vs. Broad Contents; 4.9 Meaning Holism in the Context of the Internalism-Externalism Debate; 4.10 Beyond Naturalized Semantics and Theory of Mind; 4.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Meaning Holism; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The New Wave of Semantic Holism: Wittgenstein's Investigations; 5.3 Quine on Language and Meaning: The Shadows of Wittgenstein; 5.4 Meaning Holism: "Two Dogmas" and Its Aftermath; 5.5 Semantic Holism: The Metaphysical Underpinnings
5.6 Indeterminacy, Translation and Interpretation5.7 Davidson's Semantic Strategy: Holism Strikes Back; 5.8 Meaning and Interpretation: The Holistic Framework; 5.9 Why Holism? A Semantic Plea; 5.10 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Subjectivity, Consciousness and Transcendence; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Making Sense of "Being Conscious"; 6.3 The Way to Consciousness: Subjective vs. Objective; 6.4 The "Science of Consciousness": The First-Person Data vs. the Third-Person Data; 6.5 The Metaphysics of Consciousness: From the "Hard Problem" to the "Really Hard Problem" of Consciousness
2.1 Introduction2.2 Mind and World, or Mind in the World: The Metaphysical Preliminaries; 2.3 The Mind-World Engagement: On How the Mind Lights Up the World; 2.4 The Realm of the Conceptual as Unbounded: The Hegelian Tinge; 2.5 Idealism Betrayed?; 2.6 Empiricism, Realism and Coherentism; 2.7 The Dilemma of Naturalism; 2.8 The Spectre of Rampant Platonism; 2.9 Non-naturalism Is Not Supernaturalism; 2.10 Re-enchanting Mind and World; 2.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Consciousness, Meaning and Nature; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Metaphysics of Mind: The Missing Hero
3.3 The Conscious Mind: The Hard Problem3.4 The Really Hard Problem: The Problem of Meaning; 3.5 The Space of Meaning; 3.6 Meaning Naturalized?; 3.7 Beyond Scientism; 3.8 Autonomy of the Space of Meaning: Why Non-naturalism Is Inevitable; 3.9 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Meaning in Mind; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Computational Representational Theory of Mind (CRTM); 4.3 The Language of Thought; 4.4 Mind as Syntax-Driven; 4.5 Mind, Meaning and World: Intentional Realism; 4.6 Fodor's Naturalistic Semantics vs. Searle's Biological Theory of Intentionality
4.7 Why Syntax Is Not Enough: Searle's Chinese Room Argument4.8 Naturalized Semantics: Narrow Contents vs. Broad Contents; 4.9 Meaning Holism in the Context of the Internalism-Externalism Debate; 4.10 Beyond Naturalized Semantics and Theory of Mind; 4.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Meaning Holism; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The New Wave of Semantic Holism: Wittgenstein's Investigations; 5.3 Quine on Language and Meaning: The Shadows of Wittgenstein; 5.4 Meaning Holism: "Two Dogmas" and Its Aftermath; 5.5 Semantic Holism: The Metaphysical Underpinnings
5.6 Indeterminacy, Translation and Interpretation5.7 Davidson's Semantic Strategy: Holism Strikes Back; 5.8 Meaning and Interpretation: The Holistic Framework; 5.9 Why Holism? A Semantic Plea; 5.10 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Subjectivity, Consciousness and Transcendence; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Making Sense of "Being Conscious"; 6.3 The Way to Consciousness: Subjective vs. Objective; 6.4 The "Science of Consciousness": The First-Person Data vs. the Third-Person Data; 6.5 The Metaphysics of Consciousness: From the "Hard Problem" to the "Really Hard Problem" of Consciousness