Doing philosophy from common curiosity to logical reasoning
What are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something completely different, or neither? In Doing Philosophy,Timothy Williamson tackles some of the key questions surrounding philosophy in new and provocative...
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | What are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something completely different, or neither? In Doing Philosophy,Timothy Williamson tackles some of the key questions surrounding philosophy in new and provocative ways, showing how philosophy begins in common sense curiosity, and develops through our capacity to dispute rationally with each other. Discussing philosophy's ability to clarify our thoughts, he explains why such clarification depends on the development of philosophical theories, and how those theories can be tested by imaginative thought experiments, and compared against each other by standards similar to those used in the natural and social sciences. He also shows how logical rigor can be understood as a way of enhancing the explanatory power of philosophical theories. |
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| Beschreibung: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | x, 154 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780198822516 978-0-19-882251-6 |