Timothy Williamson | The Role of Philosophy

[@phil7]

One of the most brilliant philosophers of our time.

[@mouwersor]

Why?

[@alexanderalexander9575]

“I can’t say that when I’m solving personal problems I list some premises and then deduce the conclusion of what I should do” -T. Williamson. That touched me to the core.

[@GrowthMindsetProductions]

This is one of my greatest impacts from studying stoicism: *Do* *what* *makes* *you* *happy* - *Life* *is* *too* *short* *to* *not* *enjoy* *it* =)

[@PhilosophyThatMatters]

That's not stoicism; that's hedonism.

[@kito-]

What a legend

[@robineur]

The poor audio quality seriously undermined the somewhat choppy presentation in this video. Thorough preparation of all technical equipment is needed if one wishes to present a credible presentation - especially when offering serious content such as in this video.

[@behrad9712]

He's a great thinker...!, we need these minds to solve our problems...

[@shebamazing]

BRILLIANT!

[@Federico1685]

Everything was going well until the interviewer asked the dumbest question possible, suggesing that debate could eventually drive away women and members of minoriy ethnicities from philosophy. I felt the cringe in Williamson's face.

[@VladyslavKL]

🐬

[@mouwersor]

YOUR BOOK SUCKS If we shouldn't have taken the 'linguistic/conceptual turn' because language 'refers to the world', what does this 'referring' mean precisely? You have missed the entire field of reasons why people 'took that turn' and I wasted money on it.

[@Dere2727]

He spends multiple chapters going over the reasons for it and saying why they were mistaken