The philosophy of philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Timothy Williamson
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| Autore: |
Williamson Timothy
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| Titolo: |
The philosophy of philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Timothy Williamson
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub. Ltd., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 100 |
| 128.33 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Philosophy of philosophy |
| ISBN: | 1-282-34212-6 |
| 9786612342127 | |
| 1-4051-3396-1 | |
| 0-470-69667-2 | |
| 0-470-69591-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996209980903316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ; ; 2.