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Overview

John McDowell is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on philosophy and plant science, with notable contributions to experimental and cognitive psychology, history and philosophy of science, and cell biology.

McDowell's work addresses a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Philosophy and History of Science
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Their research output includes papers published in several established venues, such as:

  • International Journal of Philosophical Studies
  • Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
  • Science
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Annual Review of Phytopathology

Recent publications by McDowell include:

  • "An Interview with John McDowell on his 2013 Agnes Cuming Lectures (UCD), 'Two Questions About Perception'" (2023) in International Journal of Philosophical Studies
  • "Notes on A Spirit of Trust" (2021) in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
  • "In Science Journals" (2022) in Science
  • "Author Index" (2020) in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Appreciation for the Leadership of Leach and Lindow" (2022) in Annual Review of Phytopathology

McDowell has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • James R. O'Shea
  • Beverly A. Purnell
  • Brent Grocholski
  • Valda Vinson
  • Jake Yeston

Best Publications

  • The varieties of reference

    Gareth Evans;John Henry McDowell

  • Mind and World

    John Henry McDowell

  • Virtue and Reason

    John McDowell

  • Mind, Value, and Reality

    John Henry McDowell

  • Criteria, Defeasibility and Knowledge

    John McDowell

  • Are Moral Requirements Hypothetical Imperatives

    John McDowell;I. G. McFetridge

  • Mind and World

    Hilary Putnam;John McDowell

  • Wittgenstein on following a rule

    John McDowell

  • Knowledge and the internal

    John McDowell

  • De re senses

    John McDowell

  • The Content of Perceptual Experience

    John McDowell

  • Having the World in View: Essays on Kant, Hegel, and Sellars

    John Henry McDowell

  • On the Sense and Reference of a Proper Name1

    John Mcdowell

  • Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality

    John Henry McDowell

  • Subject, Thought, and Context

    Philip Pettit;John Henry McDowell

  • Perception as a Capacity for Knowledge

    John Henry McDowell

  • Lecture I: Sellars on Perceptual Experience

    John McDowell

  • Knowledge by Hearsay

    John McDowell

  • Avoiding the Myth of the Given

    John McDowell

  • Non-Cognitivism and Rule-Following

    John McDowell

  • The Engaged Intellect: Philosophical Essays

    John Henry McDowell

  • Mind and World

    John McDowell;Luis Eduardo Hoyos

  • The Varieties of Reference.

    Gregory McCulloch;Gareth Evans;John McDowell

  • Das Interesse des Denkens. Hegel aus heutiger Sicht

    Ryosuke Ohashi;Robert C. Solomon;Rolf-Peter Horstmann;Michael Forster

Frequent Co-Authors

Galen Strawson
Galen Strawson The University of Texas at Austin
Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty Stanford University
Crispin Wright
Crispin Wright University of Stirling
Axel Honneth
Axel Honneth Columbia University
Hubert L. Dreyfus
Hubert L. Dreyfus University of California, Berkeley
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam Harvard University

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