Doing Philosophy: From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning

by Timothy Williamson

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?

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. Discussing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198822510
• ISBN13: 9780198822516
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"