Background
Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen was born on September 21, 1929 in Westcliff, England. Son of O. P.D. and H. A. Williams.
(In this book Bernard Williams delivers a sustained indict...)
In this book Bernard Williams delivers a sustained indictment of moral theory from Kant onward. His goal is nothing less than to reorient ethics toward the individual. He deals with the most thorny questions in contemporary philosophy and offers new ideas about issues such as relativism, objectivity, and the possibility of ethical knowledge.
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(Uno de los filósofos modernos más prestigiosos, Bernard W...)
Uno de los filósofos modernos más prestigiosos, Bernard Williams, es el autor de este estudio sobre Descartes. En él ha tratado de analizar tanto el proyecto del fundamento del pensamiento de Descartes sobre la certeza como de descubrir los motivos filosóficos de su búsqueda. El proyecto en sí mismo, sus motivos básicos y m
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( What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth ...)
What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. Modern culture exhibits two attitudes toward truth: suspicion of being deceived (no one wants to be fooled) and skepticism that objective truth exists at all (no one wants to be naive). This tension between a demand for truthfulness and the doubt that there is any truth to be found is not an abstract paradox. It has political consequences and signals a danger that our intellectual activities, particularly in the humanities, may tear themselves to pieces. Williams's approach, in the tradition of Nietzsche's genealogy, blends philosophy, history, and a fictional account of how the human concern with truth might have arisen. Without denying that we should worry about the contingency of much that we take for granted, he defends truth as an intellectual objective and a cultural value. He identifies two basic virtues of truth, Accuracy and Sincerity, the first of which aims at finding out the truth and the second at telling it. He describes different psychological and social forms that these virtues have taken and asks what ideas can make best sense of them today. Truth and Truthfulness presents a powerful challenge to the fashionable belief that truth has no value, but equally to the traditional faith that its value guarantees itself. Bernard Williams shows us that when we lose a sense of the value of truth, we lose a lot both politically and personally, and may well lose everything.
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( We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitiv...)
We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams's original and radical book questions this picture of Western history. While we are in many ways different from the Greeks, Williams claims that the differences are not to be traced to a shift in these basic conceptions of ethical life. We are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we properly grasp our most important differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery. The author is a philosopher, but much of his book is directed to writers such as Homer and the tragedians, whom he discusses as poets and not just as materials for philosophy. At the center of his study is the question of how we can understand Greek tragedy at all, when its world is so far from ours. Williams explains how it is that when the ancients speak, they do not merely tell us about themselves, but about ourselves. In a new foreword A.A. Long explores the impact of this volume in the context of Williams's stunning career.
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(Like the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams' papers ...)
Like the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams' papers published by Cambridge University Press, Problems of the Self and Moral Luck, Making Sense of Humanity will be welcomed by all readers with a serious interest in philosophy. It is published alongside a volume of essays on Williams' work, World, Mind and Ethics: Essays on the Ethical Philosophy of Bernard Williams, edited by J.E.J. Altham and Ross Harrison, which provides a reappraisal of his work by other distinguished thinkers in the field.
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(A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams....)
A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self, but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. That whole area has of course been strikingly reinvigorated over the last deacde, and philosophers have both broadened and deepened their concerns in a way that now makes much earlier moral and political philosophy look sterile and trivial. Moral Luck contains a number of essays that have contributed influentially to this development. Among the recurring themes are the moral and philosophical limitations of utilitarianism, the notion of integrity, relativism, and problems of moral conflict and rational choice. The work presented here is marked by a high degree of imagination and acuity, and also conveys a strong sense of psychological reality. The volume will be a stimulating source of ideas and arguments for all philosophers and a wide range of other readers.
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(This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on pro...)
This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on problems of personal identity and extending to related topics in the philosophy of mind and moral philosophy.
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( Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern p...)
Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern philosophy'. His attempts to find foundations for knowledge, and to reconcile the existence of the soul with the emerging science of his time, are among the most influential and widely studied in the history of philosophy. This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyzes Descartes' project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes' Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes' thought, including God, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally. With a new foreword by John Cottingham.
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( Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern p...)
Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern philosophy'. His attempts to find foundations for knowledge, and to reconcile the existence of the soul with the emerging science of his time, are among the most influential and widely studied in the history of philosophy. This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyzes Descartes' project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes' Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes' thought, including God, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally. With a new foreword by John Cottingham.
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Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen was born on September 21, 1929 in Westcliff, England. Son of O. P.D. and H. A. Williams.
Bachelor, Oxford University, 1951. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1954.
Honorary fellow, 1984. Fellow All Souls College, 1951—1954, New College, 1954—1959. Visiting lecturer University College, Ghana, 1958—1959, lecturer philosophy London, 1959—1964.
Professor philosophy Bedford College, 1964—1967. Knightbridge professor philosophy Cambridge University. Fellow King's College, 1967—1969, provost, 1979—1987, professor philosophy, 1988—2003.
Visiting fellow Institute Advanced Study, Australian National University, 1969. Visiting professor Harvard University, 1973, University California, Berkeley, 1986, Princeton University, 1963, senior visiting fellow, 1978. Board directors English National Opera.
Member Public Schools Commission, 1965—1970, Royal Commission Gambling, 1976—1978. Chairman Committee Obscenity and Film Censorship, 1977—1979.
(Like the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams' papers ...)
(Like the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams' papers ...)
( We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitiv...)
( What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth ...)
(This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on pro...)
(Uno de los filósofos modernos más prestigiosos, Bernard W...)
(In this book Bernard Williams delivers a sustained indict...)
( Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern p...)
( Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern p...)
(A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams....)
Fellow: British Academy. Member: American Academy Arts and Science (foreign honorary).
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