02578nam 2200565 a 450 99620998090331620230721004016.01-282-34212-697866123421271-4051-3396-10-470-69667-20-470-69591-9(CKB)1000000000687445(EBL)470786(OCoLC)536159871(SSID)ssj0000305951(PQKBManifestationID)11195603(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305951(PQKBWorkID)10294758(PQKB)10286396(MiAaPQ)EBC470786(EXLCZ)99100000000068744520070514d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe philosophy of philosophy[electronic resource] /Timothy WilliamsonMalden, Mass. Blackwell Pub. Ltd.20071 online resource (348 p.)The Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ;2Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-3397-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.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.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 doingBlackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ;2.PhilosophyPhilosophy.100128.33Williamson Timothy562832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209980903316Philosophy of philosophy2982812UNISA