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New Essay: The Fact of the Matter: After Bernard Williams –
Truthfulness, Facts, and the Myth of Immediacy
📝https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18133958
#essay #philosophy #truth #law #epistemology #facts #zenodo #bernardwilliams #truth #science #communication #language #perception #metaphysics #mediation #objectivity #evidence #jurisprudence #AntiEnlightenment -
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My own feeling is that Parfit's systematic point-of-view-of- the-universe approach is a bad way to think about value and lives worth living and has consequently not been an entirely benign influence on our thinking about ethics.
"Reasons and Persons" was published in 1984, but I would choose the 1985 "Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy" as a key work to read when thinking in general terms about how one should live.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674268586
#Philosophy #MoralPhilosophy #DerekParfit #BernardWilliams #ReasonsAndPersons #EthicsAndTheLimitsOfPhilosophy
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My own feeling is that Parfit's systematic point-of-view-of- the-universe approach is a bad way to think about value and lives worth living and has consequently not been an entirely benign influence on our thinking about ethics.
"Reasons and Persons" was published in 1984, but I would choose the 1985 "Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy" as a key work to read when thinking in general terms about how one should live.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674268586
#Philosophy #MoralPhilosophy #DerekParfit #BernardWilliams #ReasonsAndPersons #EthicsAndTheLimitsOfPhilosophy
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🧵 4/5
My own feeling is that Parfit's systematic point-of-view-of- the-universe approach is a bad way to think about value and lives worth living and has consequently not been an entirely benign influence on our thinking about ethics.
"Reasons and Persons" was published in 1984, but I would choose the 1985 "Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy" as a key work to read when thinking in general terms about how one should live.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674268586
#Philosophy #MoralPhilosophy #DerekParfit #BernardWilliams #ReasonsAndPersons #EthicsAndTheLimitsOfPhilosophy
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🧵 4/5
My own feeling is that Parfit's systematic point-of-view-of- the-universe approach is a bad way to think about value and lives worth living and has consequently not been an entirely benign influence on our thinking about ethics.
"Reasons and Persons" was published in 1984, but I would choose the 1985 "Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy" as a key work to read when thinking in general terms about how one should live.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674268586
#Philosophy #MoralPhilosophy #DerekParfit #BernardWilliams #ReasonsAndPersons #EthicsAndTheLimitsOfPhilosophy
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🧵 1/5 I was struck by the paragraph on Parfit and Bernard Williams; I'm not sure whether this should the seed for a work of intellectual history or of a novel, but I do know that I would devour either!
Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine
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🧵 1/5 I was struck by the paragraph on Parfit and Bernard Williams; I'm not sure whether this should the seed for a work of intellectual history or of a novel, but I do know that I would devour either!
Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine
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🧵 1/5 I was struck by the paragraph on Parfit and Bernard Williams; I'm not sure whether this should the seed for a work of intellectual history or of a novel, but I do know that I would devour either!
Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine
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🧵 1/5 I was struck by the paragraph on Parfit and Bernard Williams; I'm not sure whether this should the seed for a work of intellectual history or of a novel, but I do know that I would devour either!
Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine
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🧵 1/5 I was struck by the paragraph on Parfit and Bernard Williams; I'm not sure whether this should the seed for a work of intellectual history or of a novel, but I do know that I would devour either!
Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine
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If you want to understand why the thought of Bernard Williams matters for our thinking about ethics, this paper by Miranda Fricker could be a good place to start.
bernard_williams_as_a_philosopher_of_ethical_freedom.pdf
#Philosophy #BernardWilliams #MirandaFricker #Ethics #EthicalPhilosophy
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If you want to understand why the thought of Bernard Williams matters for our thinking about ethics, this paper by Miranda Fricker could be a good place to start.
bernard_williams_as_a_philosopher_of_ethical_freedom.pdf
#Philosophy #BernardWilliams #MirandaFricker #Ethics #EthicalPhilosophy
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If you want to understand why the thought of Bernard Williams matters for our thinking about ethics, this paper by Miranda Fricker could be a good place to start.
bernard_williams_as_a_philosopher_of_ethical_freedom.pdf
#Philosophy #BernardWilliams #MirandaFricker #Ethics #EthicalPhilosophy
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If you want to understand why the thought of Bernard Williams matters for our thinking about ethics, this paper by Miranda Fricker could be a good place to start.
bernard_williams_as_a_philosopher_of_ethical_freedom.pdf
#Philosophy #BernardWilliams #MirandaFricker #Ethics #EthicalPhilosophy
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If you want to understand why the thought of Bernard Williams matters for our thinking about ethics, this paper by Miranda Fricker could be a good place to start.
bernard_williams_as_a_philosopher_of_ethical_freedom.pdf
#Philosophy #BernardWilliams #MirandaFricker #Ethics #EthicalPhilosophy
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We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
-- Bernard Williams -
The British philosopher Bernard Williams died just over twenty years ago, but his work continues to challenge and stimulate. His 1985 "Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy" is not only a major work within moral philosophy but also a book that can and should be read by anybody inclined to reflect on human values.
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Bernard Williams - SEP substantive revision by Sophie-Grace Chappel and Nicholas Smyth