Williamson, Timothy

The philosophy of philosophy / Timothy Williamson. - xiv, 332 pages ; 23 cm - The Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ; 2. .



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.

9781405133968 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007019838


Philosophy

B53 / .W495 2007