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Bernard Williams : Volume 8 - Mark P. Jenkins

Bernard Williams

Volume 8

By: Mark P. Jenkins

Paperback | 1 November 2006

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From his earliest work - on personal identity - to his last - on the value of truthfulness - Bernard Williams' ideas and arguments have been sometimes controversial, often influential, and always worth studying. Mark Jenkins provides a comprehensive account of Williams' many significant contributions to contemporary philosophy and his relation to the work of other philosophers, including prominent forerunners such as Hume and Nietzsche and contemporary thinkers such as, Nagel, McDowell, MacIntyre, and Taylor. Topics considered include personal identity, various critiques of moral theory, practical reasoning and moral motivation, truth and objectivity, and the relevance of ancient Greece to modern life. While Williams' work is fragmentary and resistant to familiar labels, Jenkins reveals the recurring themes and connections within his writings, and the philosophical underpinnings to his work.
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"Bernard Williams's work is itself so nuanced, historically informed, subtle and wide-ranging that it takes a particular sort of commentator to follow him into the many territories into which he leads one. I can't imagine a better guide than Mark Jenkins or a better map than this book." Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago "A clear and comprehensive assessment of Williams' work, which makes interesting connections between the various projects he pursued throughout his career. A very useful introduction to Williams' major writings." Alan Malachowski, University of East Anglia "Bernard Williams's work is itself so nuanced, historically informed, subtle and wide-ranging that it takes a particular sort of commentator to follow him into the many territories into which he leads one. I can't imagine a better guide than Mark Jenkins or a better map than this book." Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago "A clear and comprehensive assessment of Williams' work, which makes interesting connections between the various projects he pursued throughout his career. A very useful introduction to Williams' major writings." Alan Malachowski, University of East Anglia

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