Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history.
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About Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a 20th-century English philosopher. Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002). Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality