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Record Nr.

UNISA996209980903316

Autore

Williamson Timothy

Titolo

The philosophy of philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Timothy Williamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub. Ltd., 2007

ISBN

1-282-34212-6

9786612342127

1-4051-3396-1

0-470-69667-2

0-470-69591-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

The Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ; ; 2

Disciplina

100

128.33

Soggetti

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The linguistic turn and the conceptual turn -- Taking philosophical questions at face value -- Metaphysical conceptions of analyticity -- Epistemological conceptions of analyticity -- Knowledge of metaphysical modality -- Thought experiments -- Evidence in philosophy -- Knowledge maximization -- Afterword : must do better -- Appendix 1 : modal logic within counterfactual logic -- Appendix 2 : counterfactual donkeys.

Sommario/riassunto

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