Examining philosophy itself / edited by Yafeng Shan.

Includes index.

"First published as Metaphilosophy volume 53, nos. 2-3 (April 2022)."--ECIP T.p.

Introduction: The unexamined philosophy is not worth doing -- Part 1: Defending philosophy -- Metametaphysics and semantics -- Philosophy doesn't need a concept of progress -- T-philosophy -- Part 2: How to do philosophy -- On the continuity of metaphysics with science: some scepticism and some suggestions -- In defense of ordinary language philosophy -- Testing and discovery: Responding to challenges to digital philosophy of science -- Attentional progress by conceptual engineering -- The philosophy of logical practice -- One philosopher's modus ponens is another's modus tollens: pantomemes and nisowir -- Linking perspectives: a role for poetry in philosophical inquiry -- Part 3: Doing philosophy -- Grounding interventionism: conceptual and epistemological challenges -- Impossible worlds and the safety of philosophical beliefs.

"One of the most distinctive features of philosophy is self-reflection. Philosophers are not only concerned with metaphysical, epistemological, conceptual, ethical, and aesthetic issues of things around us, they also pay serious attention to the nature, value, methods, and development of philosophy itself. This book examines some of the most important metaphilosophical issues: Is philosophy progressive? Are metaphysical claims meaningful? What is the aim of philosophy? Should analytic metaphysics be replaced by naturalised metaphysics? What is the prospect of a digital approach to philosophy of science? Can poetry play a substantial role in philosophy? Examining Philosophy Itself will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.