Timothy Williamson b. 1955
Timothy Williamson (born 1955) is a British philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy.
Timothy Williamson is a British philosopher, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, and one of the most influential analytic philosophers of his generation. Knowledge and Its Limits defended the audacious thesis that knowledge is the most general factive mental state and cannot be analyzed in terms of more basic conditions such as belief, truth, and justification. The Philosophy of Philosophy offered a robust defense of the methods of analytic philosophy as continuous with the sciences, while his work on vagueness, modality, and counterfactuals has reshaped contemporary metaphysics and philosophical logic.
Key facts
- Nationality
- British
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Analytic Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Timothy Williamson:
“Knowledge is first; belief and justification come after.”
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Attributed to Timothy Williamson:
“Vagueness is an epistemic phenomenon, not a semantic one.”
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Attributed to Timothy Williamson:
“Philosophy is not the description of our concepts but inquiry into the world.”
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Attributed to Timothy Williamson:
“Modal claims are claims about how the world could have been.”
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Attributed to Timothy Williamson:
“Some concepts resist analysis into more familiar parts, but none resists all analysis.”
Frequently asked about Timothy Williamson
- When was Timothy Williamson born?
- Timothy Williamson was born in 1955.
- Where was Timothy Williamson from?
- Timothy Williamson is a British philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Timothy Williamson associated with?
- Timothy Williamson is associated with Analytic Philosophy.
- What is Timothy Williamson known for?
- Timothy Williamson is a British philosopher, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, and one of the most influential analytic philosophers of his generation.
- How many quotes are attributed to Timothy Williamson?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Timothy Williamson in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.