Subject, thought, and context /

The unifying theme of this important and exciting collection of essays is the question of whether contentful mental states supervene on intrinsic states of the subject or whether they essentially involve aspects of the subject's physical and/or social environment. In addition to a helpful introduction, this volume includes new essays by Philip Pettit, Gregory McCulloch, Jennifer Hornsby, Tyler Burge, John McDowell, David Wiggins, Christopher Peacocke, Crispin Wright, and Jonathan Lear. Although the specific questions tackled and the approaches taken vary greatly between papers, the authors' sympathy is with the ``broad'' or ``wide'' approach to mental states. Several of these essays will become established reference points in the ongoing debate concerning the nature of mind and intentionality. The collection will take its place beside the collection, Thought and Object ed. by A. Woodfield (1982), as must reading for students of philosophy, psychology, or social theory concerned with these issues. Recommended for all college and university libraries.-W. Taschek, University of Michigan