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Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline /

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 scien...

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Auteur principal: Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003
Autres auteurs: Moore, A. W., 1956-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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
Description:Originally published: 2006.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400827091