{"product_id":"examining-philosophy-itself-isbn-9781394160716","title":"Examining Philosophy Itself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXAMINING PHILOSOPHY ITSELF\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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? \u003ci\u003eExamining Philosophy Itself\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Unexamined Philosophy Is Not Worth Doing 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYafeng Shan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Defending Philosophy 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Metametaphysics and Semantics 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Williamson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Philosophy Doesn’t Need a Concept of Progress 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYafeng Shan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 T-Philosophy 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Daly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: How to Do Philosophy 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 On the Continuity of Metaphysics with Science: Some Scepticism and Some Suggestions 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJack Ritchie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 In Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerman Cappelen and Matthew Mckeever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Testing and Discovery: Responding to Challenges to Digital Philosophy of Science 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles H. Pence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Attentional Progress by Conceptual Engineering 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEve Kitsik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Philosophy of Logical Practice 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBen Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 One Philosopher’s Modus Ponens Is Another’s Modus Tollens: Pantomemes and Nisowir 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Williamson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Linking Perspectives: A Role for Poetry in Philosophical Inquiry 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Simecek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Doing Philosophy 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Grounding Interventionism: Conceptual and Epistemological Challenges 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmanda Bryant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Impossible Worlds and the Safety of Philosophical Beliefs 253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZack Garrett and Zachariah Wrublewski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYAFENG SHAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow in epistemology in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cologne, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. at University College London. His main interests are philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, and metaphilosophy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDoing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). He has also published research articles in such journals as \u003ci\u003eSynthese, Philosophy of Science, Metaphilosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Compass.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXAMINING PHILOSOPHY ITSELF\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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? 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