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Timothy Williamson Quotes on Truth

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. This page collects quotes attributed to Timothy Williamson on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Timothy Williamson:

    “Knowledge is first; belief and justification come after.”

  • Attributed to Timothy Williamson:

    “Vagueness is an epistemic phenomenon, not a semantic one.”

  • Attributed to Timothy Williamson:

    “Philosophy is not the description of our concepts but inquiry into the world.”

  • Attributed to Timothy Williamson:

    “Modal claims are claims about how the world could have been.”