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The Philosophy of Philosophy
Timothy Williamson
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Description for The Philosophy of Philosophy
Hardback. 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. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 646.
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.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405133975
SKU
V9781405133975
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99-50
About Timothy Williamson
Timothy Williamson is Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts. Williamson is the author of Identity and Discrimination (1990), Vagueness (1996), Knowledge and its Limits (2000) and numerous articles on logic, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics.
Reviews for The Philosophy of Philosophy
“Worthwhile reading … for anyone reckoning him or herself to be part of the analytic tradition. Superb in coming to grips with one’s methodological self-understanding.” Metapsychology