Del 4 i serien Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy

Philosophy of Philosophy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvTimothy Williamson

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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 WilliamsonRejects the ideology of the 'linguistic turn', the most distinctive trend of 20th century philosophyExplains the method of philosophy as a development from non-philosophical ways of thinkingSuggests new ways of understanding what contemporary and past philosophers are doing

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Utgivningsdatum2007-12-04
Mått160 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt626 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBlackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy
Antal sidor348
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405133975

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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