{"product_id":"what-is-philosophy-4","title":"What Is Philosophy?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs philosophy departments attempt to define their unique value amid program closures in the humanities and the rise of interdisciplinary research, metaphilosophy has become an increasingly important area of inquiry. Richard Fumerton here lays out a cogent answer to the question asked in the book’s title, \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Philosophy?\u003c\/i\u003e. Against those who argue that philosophy is not sharply distinguishable from the sciences, Fumerton makes a case for philosophy as an autonomous discipline with its own distinct methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of nine engaging and accessible chapters, he shows that answering fundamental philosophical questions requires one to take a radical first-person perspective that divorces the truth conditions of philosophical claims from the kind of contingent truths investigated by the empirical sciences. Along the way, Fumerton briefly discusses the historical controversies that have surrounded the nature of philosophy, situating his own argument within the larger conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIlluminates the unique role of thought experiments and especially the \"paradox of analysis\" in understanding the purpose and value of philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows that philosophy asks fundamental questions, unanswerable by the sciences, that are critical to thinking clearly and rationally about the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the distinct character of philosophical questions in specific subject areas: philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcludes by making a unique case for philosophy’s contribution to cross-disciplinary work in ethics, politics, mathematics, and the empirical sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten in a way to be engaging and accessible for advanced undergraduate readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238187159896,"sku":"9781032122038","price":45.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032122038.jpg?v=1777561241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/what-is-philosophy-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}