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Examining Philosophy Itself
Yafeng Shan (Edited by), Y Shan (Author)
9781394160716, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 13 April 2023
304 pages
23 x 16.8 x 1.7 cm, 0.454 kg
EXAMINING PHILOSOPHY ITSELF One of the most distinctive features of philosophy is self-reflection. Philosophers are not only concerned with metaphysical, epistemological, conceptual, ethical, and aesthetic issues of things around us, they also pay serious attention to the nature, value, methods, and development of philosophy itself. This book examines some of the most important metaphilosophical issues: Is philosophy progressive? Are metaphysical claims meaningful? What is the aim of philosophy? Should analytic metaphysics be replaced by naturalised metaphysics? What is the prospect of a digital approach to philosophy of science? Can poetry play a substantial role in philosophy? Examining Philosophy Itself will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in philosophy.
Notes on Contributors vii Introduction: The Unexamined Philosophy Is Not Worth Doing 1 Part 1: Defending Philosophy 9 1 Metametaphysics and Semantics 11 2 Philosophy Doesn’t Need a Concept of Progress 29 3 T-Philosophy 43 Part 2: How to Do Philosophy 61 4 On the Continuity of Metaphysics with Science: Some Scepticism and Some Suggestions 63 5 In Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy 89 6 Testing and Discovery: Responding to Challenges to Digital Philosophy of Science 111 7 Attentional Progress by Conceptual Engineering 133 8 The Philosophy of Logical Practice 151 9 One Philosopher’s Modus Ponens Is Another’s Modus Tollens: Pantomemes and Nisowir 175 10 Linking Perspectives: A Role for Poetry in Philosophical Inquiry 203 Part 3: Doing Philosophy 221 11 Grounding Interventionism: Conceptual and Epistemological Challenges 223 12 Impossible Worlds and the Safety of Philosophical Beliefs 253 Index 277
Yafeng Shan
Timothy Williamson
Yafeng Shan
Chris Daly
Jack Ritchie
Herman Cappelen and Matthew Mckeever
Charles H. Pence
Eve Kitsik
Ben Martin
Jon Williamson
Karen Simecek
Amanda Bryant
Zack Garrett and Zachariah Wrublewski
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
