Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

I want to thank the students in my courses at the CUNY Graduate Center over the last several years for making examination of the issues dealt with in this book a stimulating and enjoyable experience. Also , I want to express my gratitude to a number of people with whom I have had helpful discussion or communication in the course of the writing . It is a pleasure to thank Rogers Albritton , Jawad Azzouni , George Bealer, Alan Berger, Ned Block, Martin Brown , William Fisk, Paul Horwich , Mark Johnston, Peter Lupu , Sidney Morgenbesser, Yuji Nishiyama , Gary Ostertag , Charles Parsons, David Pitt , Paul Postal, David Rosenthal, Stephen Schiffer, Robert Tragesser, Peter Unger , Virginia Valian , Hao Wang, Stephen Yalowitz , and Palle Yourgrau . Special thanks go to Leigh Cauman and David Pitt . My debt to them is great . Leigh did an excellent job of copy editing . She also contributed to the clarity of the exposition and made an inherently tedious and worrisome stage of production pleasant and free of care. David helped me prepare the manuscript for submission , checked proofs with me, and compiled the index . David not only performed these duties skillfully , but his suggestions and questions led to many improvements in both style and content . The intelligence and good humor of both Leigh and David made my production tasks tolerable and , quite often , fun . I hope they know how fortunate I feel to have had their assistance. Finally , thanks to the people at the MIT Press - Betty Stanton , Helen Osborne , Joanna Poole, Brooke Stevens, and Sandra Minkkinen - for their efficiency and cheerfulness throughout .