Doing Philosophy - From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning Williamson Timothy Wykeham Professor of Logic Oxford UniversityPevná vazba
Doing Philosophy - From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning Williamson Timothy Wykeham Professor of Logic Oxford UniversityPevná vazba What are philosophers trying to achieve? Does philosophy make…
Specifikacia Doing Philosophy - From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning Williamson Timothy Wykeham Professor of Logic Oxford UniversityPevná vazba
Doing Philosophy - From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning Williamson Timothy Wykeham Professor of Logic Oxford UniversityPevná vazba
What are philosophers trying to achieve? Does philosophy make progress? How can they succeed?
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. 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. He also shows how logical rigor can be understood as a way of enhancing the explanatory power of philosophical theories.