TY - BOOK AU - Williamson,Timothy TI - The philosophy of philosophy T2 - The Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy SN - 9781405133968 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - B53 .W495 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index; 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 ER -