TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Bernard
AU  - Moore,A.W.
TI  - Philosophy as a humanistic discipline
SN  - 9781400827091
AV  - B29 .W493 2006eb
U1  - 101 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Princeton, N.J., Woodstock
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - philosophy
KW  - aat
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Methodology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally published: 2006; Includes bibliographical references; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE: Metaphysics and Epistemology; ONE: Tertullian's Paradox (1955); TWO: Metaphysical Arguments (1957); THREE: Pleasure and Belief (1959); FOUR: Knowledge and Reasons (1972); FIVE: Identity and Identities (1995); PART TWO: Ethics; SIX: The Primacy of Dispositions (1987); SEVEN: The Structure of Hare's Theory (1988); EIGHT: Subjectivism and Toleration (1992); NINE: The Actus Reus of Dr. Caligari (1994); TEN: Values, Reasons, and the Theory of Persuasion (1996); ELEVEN: Moral Responsibility and Political Freedom (1997)
N2  - What can--and what can't--philosophy do? What are its ethical risks--and its possible rewards? How does it differ from science? In Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline, Bernard Williams addresses these questions and presents a striking vision of philosophy as fundamentally different from science in its aims and methods even though there is still in philosophy "something that counts as getting it right." Written with his distinctive combination of rigor, imagination, depth, and humanism, the book amply demonstrates why Williams was one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Spa
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