Daniel Pinkas

Considering Santayana’s treatment of scepticism in relation to Descartes and Hume, as well as twentieth-century philosophers such as Wittgenstein, Moore, and Strawson, helps make the case for the singularity of Santayana’s approach. The analysis of the different positions also reveals some of the commonalities Santayana shares with other (including later) sceptical philosophers.

Three Philosophical Poets is published as volume VIII of the Critical Edition of The Works of George Santayana, with the same impeccable editorial apparatus as the preceding volumes and an excellent introduction by James Seaton. This introduction is geared to shedding light on the broader philosophical context of a book that Seaton rightly considers “as perhaps the best introduction to Santayana’s work” (Seaton 2019: xi). Indeed, it is a relatively short book that touches upon some of Santaya...

Les chapitres 4 et 5 examinent les arguments tirés de la subjectivité de l'expérience auxquels sont confrontées les théories réductionnistes de l'esprit.