philosopher
Filósofo moral inglés (1929–2003)
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“Positivism ... implies the double falsehood that no interpretation is needed, and that it is not needed because the story which the positivist writer tells, such as it is, is obvious. The story he or she tells is usually a bad one, and its being obvious only means that it is familiar.”
“As Roland Barthes said, those who do not re-read condemn themselves to reading the same story everywhere: "they recognize what they already think and know."”
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Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams fue un filósofo inglés. Sus publicaciones incluyen Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), y Truth and Truthfulness (2002). Fue nombrado caballero en 1999.
