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Cover Page: i Title page Page: i Copyright Page: iv Dedication Page: v Preface to the Second Edition Page: xi Preface to the First Edition Page: xxx Acknowledgments Page: xxxii Part I Page: 1 Introduction Page: 3 1 The Linguistic Turn and the Conceptual Turn Page: 12 2 Taking Philosophical Questions at Face Value Page: 25 3 Metaphysical Conceptions of Analyticity Page: 50 4 Epistemological Conceptions of Analyticity Page: 75 5 Knowledge of Metaphysical Modality Page: 136 6 Thought Experiments Page: 181 7 Evidence in Philosophy Page: 210 8 Knowledge Maximization Page: 249 Afterword Must Do Better Page: 279 Appendix 1 Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic Page: 294 Appendix 2 Counterfactual Donkeys Page: 306 Part II Page: 310 9 Widening the Picture Page: 313 9.1 How Did We Get Here from There?The Transformation of Analytic Philosophy Page: 313 9.2 Abductive Philosophy Page: 351 9.3 Model-Building in Philosophy Page: 371 9.4 Morally Loaded Cases in Philosophy Page: 385 9.5 Reply to Dennett and Kuznetsov on Abductive Philosophy Page: 400 9.6 Reply to Kuznetsov and Stoljar on Model-Building in Philosophy Page: 403 10 Experimental Philosophy Page: 406 10.1 Reply to Weinberg Page: 406 10.2 Philosophical Expertise and the Burden of Proof Page: 413 10.3 On Joshua Alexander’s Experimental Philosophy:An Introduction Page: 431 10.4 Philosophical Criticisms of Experimental Philosophy Page: 440 10.5 Reply to Dennett, Knobe, and Kuznetsov on “Philosophical Intuitions” Page: 464 11 Naturalism Page: 467 11.1 Reply to Kornblith Page: 467 11.2 Reply to Stalnaker Page: 471 11.3 Reply to Bianchi Page: 481 11.4 What is Naturalism? Page: 483 11.5 The Unclarity of Naturalism Page: 488 11.6 On Penelope Maddy’s What Do Philosophers Do? Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy Page: 491 12 Concepts, Understanding, Analyticity Page: 497 12.1 Reply to Jackson Page: 497 12.2 Reply to Boghossian Page: 502 12.3 Reply to Peacocke Page: 512 12.4 Reply to Miščević Page: 520 12.5 Reply to Smokrović Page: 528 12.6 Reply to Trobok Page: 533 13 Wittgensteinian Approaches Page: 538 13.1 Reply to Moore Page: 538 13.2 Reply to Horwich Page: 544 13.3 Reply to Frascolla Page: 552 13.4 Reply to Marconi Page: 555 13.5 Reply to Tripodi Page: 559 13.6 On Paul Horwich’s Wittgenstein’s Metaphilosophy Page: 562 14 Miscellany Page: 569 14.1 Reply to Ichikawa Page: 569 14.2 Reply to Martin Page: 575 14.3 On Robert Brandom’s Reason in Philosophy: Animating Ideas Page: 579 14.4 On Peter Unger’s Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy Page: 586 14.5 Plato Goes Pop Page: 591 14.6 Popular Philosophy and Populist Philosophy Page: 595 Bibliography Page: 598 Index Page: 619 End User License Agreement Page: 642
Description:The expanded new edition of one of the most influential and controversial books about the nature of philosophy published in the past several decades
The Philosophy of Philosophy presents an original, unified concept of philosophy as a non-natural science. In this provocative work, distinguished philosopher Timothy Williamson challenges widely-held assumptions and clarifies long-standing misconceptions about the methodology and nature of philosophical inquiry. The author rejects the standard narratives of contemporary philosophy developed from naturalism, the linguistic turn, postmodern irony, and other prominent trends of the twentieth century. Viewing the method of philosophy as evolving from non-philosophical pursuits, Williamson provides readers with fresh insight into the “self-image” of philosophy and offers new ways of understanding what philosophy is and how it actually works.
Now in its second edition, this landmark volume comprises the original book and the author’s subsequent work. New topics include the recent history of analytic philosophy, assessments of experimental philosophy, theories of concepts and understanding, Wittgensteinian approaches, popular philosophy, naturalism, morally-loaded examples in philosophy, philosophical applications of scientific methods, and many more. This edition features the author’s latest thoughts on a variety of issues, autobiographical reflections, and replies to critics.
- Proposes an alternative narrative about the nature of philosophy
- Argues that the common assumption of philosophical exceptionalism is false
- Highlights the similarities between philosophy and the other sciences in both methodology and subject matter
- Explores why contemporary philosophy has failed to articulate an adequate methodology
- Emphasizes increasing the methodological standards of reasoning in philosophy
The Philosophy of Philosophy, Second Edition remains essential reading for philosophers, scholars, graduate and advanced undergraduate students in philosophy, and other readers with a sustained interest in the method and rationale of the doing of philosophy.
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