"Doing Philosophy" - Timothy Williamson (Book Review)
Doing Philosophy Book Review Timothy Williamson is a highly decorated Philosophy lecturer and in this tiny volume he covers the whole scope of philosophy as he understands it. His abridged CV is 37 pages long. Links are available here https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/docs/people/williamson/TW_CVupdated.pdf https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/timothy-williamson 1 Williamson seeks to highlight that philosophy is already familiar with us and asks us to move from unguided intuition into a polished craft. He argues that scientists like Galileo and Newton did not view themselves as scientists but as natural philosophers, Newton sought to find Gods character in nature and ended up in a scientific realm. Williamson simply takes us on a tour in Philosophy and shows us how it should be done for maximum impact 2 Common sense is philosophy’s starting point and as thinkers work through scenarios common sense is not lagging too far behind, common sense is an acrobat’s pole for kee