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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? 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 rigour can be understood as a way of enhancing the explanatory power of philosophical theories. Drawing on the history of philosophy to provide a track record of philosophical thinking's successes and failures, Williams...ISBN : 9780192538116

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Author

Williamson, Timothy

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192538116

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (71 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14