{"product_id":"philosophy-as-a-humanistic-discipline-9780691134093","title":"Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat can--and what can't--philosophy do? What are its ethical risks--and its possible rewards? How does it differ from science? In \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy as a Humanistic Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning his career from his first publication to one of his last lectures, the book's previously unpublished or uncollected essays address metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, as well as the scope and limits of philosophy itself. The essays are unified by Williams's constant concern that philosophy maintain contact with the human problems that animate it in the first place. As the book's editor, A. W. Moore, writes in his introduction, the title essay is a kind of manifesto for Williams's conception of his own life's work. It is where he most directly asks what philosophy can and cannot contribute to the project of making sense of things--answering that what philosophy can best help make sense of is being human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy as a Humanistic Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e is one of three posthumous books by Williams to be published by Princeton University Press. \u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the fall of 2005. \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is being published shortly after the present volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.82w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691134093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Williams\u003c\/b\u003e was Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, Cambridge University (1967-1979), Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1988-2003), and White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, Oxford University (1990-1996), and was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford until his death in 2003. \u003cb\u003eA. W. Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Oxford and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Infinite, Points of View, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNoble in Reason, Infinite in Faculty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40617663594611,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3299c5c3-4639-493e-aefb-e5171872ca13.jpg?v=1670339163","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/philosophy-as-a-humanistic-discipline-9780691134093","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}