Philosophical Methodology: From Data to Theory

by John Bengson, Terence Cuneo, Russ Shafer-Landau

Overview

Philosophical Methodology is a book addressed to the entire philosophical community. It develops a novel account of the structure and goals of inquiry, offers the first systematic discussion of philosophical data, and assesses extant philosophical methods. Introducing a new method for doing philosophy, it positions theorists to better understand their topics while also revealing how philosophy can continue to make progress in answering its foremost questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192862471
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/03/2022
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	7.97(w) x 5.36(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Bengson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, having previously held appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard University, and the Centre for Consciousness at the Australian National University. He is the author of numerous articles on a wide range of topics in epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, and moral philosophy.


Terence Cuneo is Marsh Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at the University of Vermont. He is the author of six books, as well as the editor of numerous others. He works primarily in the areas of moral philosophy, history of modern philosophy, and philosophy of religion.


Russ Shafer-Landau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is past President of the American Philosophical Association (Central division), editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Director of the Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics, and host of the annual Madison Metaethics Workshop. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books in philosophy.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Nature of Inquiry2. Philosophical Data3. The Epistemic Theory of Data4. The Question of Method5. The Tri-Level Method6. Philosophical Progress