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The Philosophy of Philosophy
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Artikel-Nr:
9780470695913
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
352
Autor:
Timothy Williamson
Serie:
The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The second volume in the Blackwell Brown Lectures in Philosophy, this volume offers an original and provocative take on the nature and methodology of philosophy. Based on public lectures at Brown University, given by the pre-eminent philosopher, Timothy Williamson Rejects the ideology of the 'linguistic turn', the most distinctive trend of 20th century philosophy Explains the method of philosophy as a development from non-philosophical ways of thinking Suggests new ways of understanding what contemporary and past philosophers are doing
The second volume in the Blackwell Brown Lectures inPhilosophy, this volume offers an original and provocative takeon the nature and methodology of philosophy.* Based on public lectures at Brown University, given by thepre-eminent philosopher, Timothy Williamson* Rejects the ideology of the 'linguistic turn', the mostdistinctive trend of 20th century philosophy* Explains the method of philosophy as a development fromnon-philosophical ways of thinking* Suggests new ways of understanding what contemporary and pastphilosophers are doing
Preface.Acknowledgments.Introduction.1. The Linguistic Turn and the Conceptual Turn.2. Taking Philosophical Questions at Face Value.3. Metaphysical Conceptions of Analyticity.4. Epistemological Conceptions of Analyticity.5. Knowledge of Metaphysical Modality.6. Thought Experiments.7. Evidence in Philosophy.8. Knowledge Maximization.Afterword. Must Do Better.Appendix 1. Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic.Appendix 2. Counterfactual Donkeys.Bibliography.Index