Moore's Paradox Ne Essays on Belief, Rationality, and the First Person [Hardcover]

G. E. Moore observed that to assert, 'I went to the pictures last Tuesday but I don't believe that I did' would be 'absurd'. Over half a century later, such sayings continue to perplex philosophers. In the definitive treatment of the famous paradox, Green and Williams explain its history and relevance and present new essays by leading thinkers in the area.

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,Andr? 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 H?jek
Moorean Pretence,Robert Gordon

This volume from Green and Williams is an extremely helpful source of material with which to begin assessing attempts either to understand or to solve the Moorean paradox. --Stephen Hetherington,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews