I: The Perils of Peacemaking
II: The Terrors of Truth
III: The Advantages of Arrogance
IV: The Vices of Value
Timothy Williamson was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He has been the
Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University since 2000. Before
that he was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh
University, and also taught at Trinity College Dublin. He has held
visiting positions in philosophy at MIT, Princeton, Michigan, Yale
(from 2016), Australian National University, Chinese University of
Hong Kong, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and elsewhere.
His books
include Identity and Discrimination, Vagueness, Knowledge and its
Limits, The Philosophy of Philosophy, and Modal Logic as
Metaphysics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, Foreign
Honorary Member
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Member of the
Academia Europaea.
Tetralogue has an abundance of merits. It is lively and frequently
incisive. It pursues several important philosophical issues
efficiently and without remaining on well-trodden ground. It does
not require any academic background. It could contribute usefully
to undergraduate courses that address any of its topics.
*Notre Dame Philosphical Review, Earl Conee*
The reader can certainly appreciate the value of trained minds and
clear thinking as the dialogue proceeds - this is an offbeat and
engaging introduction to logic using generic examples to which many
readers will relate.
*Network review, David Lorimer*
This small volume would make a great present.
*Church Times, Adam Ford*
Tetralogue is presented as an accessible, fun-to-read introduction
to philosophical themes for the non-initiated; at the same time,
the initiated may enjoy seeing these topics embedded in apparently
mundane discussions.
*Times Higher Education, Catarina Dutilh Novaes*
This is a serious book that is also a lot of fun.
*Analysis and Synthesis Blog, Richard Baron*
What is perhaps most striking about this book is the dialogical
format adopted...Tetralogue is a stimulating book.
*Catarina Dutilh Novaes, Times Higher Education Supplement*
It is a valuable introduction to rich intellectual topics which
await further exploration for those with an appetite for more.
*Matthew A. Benton, Marginalia*
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