Meredith Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wesleyan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-3744-4021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Human Form of Life
Anna Boncompagni’s Wittgenstein on Forms of Life, written for the Cambridge Elements of The Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, is an excellent overview of the topic and does exactly what such an Elements book should do. Most importantly, it provides a map of the leading philosophical interpretations of Wittgenstein’s use of the phrase “form of life,” and so debates of how it is best to be understood. The map consists of three interpretive axes of…
Disability During a Pandemic
AffiliationsErica Twardzik is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Meredith Williams is with the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Hana Meshesha is with the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities and the Department of Counseling, University of Montana, Missoula
Mortality Differences Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly since the Affordable Care Act; nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries now choose MA. An assessment of the comparative value of the 2 options is confounded by an apparent selection bias favoring MA, as reflected in mortality differences. Previous assessments have been hampered by lack of access to claims diagnosis data for the MA population. An indirect comparison of mortality as an outcome variable wa…
Contingency, Solidarity-Irony
Contingency, Solidarity—IronyFor Richard Rorty Meredith Williams (bio) A shock of white hairA distinctive grasp of the podiumIn two hands—held tight to control the flow of ideas.Held tight—to withstand the force of the audience.Whether resisting the praise, too easily givenOr responding to the criticism raisedBy those who whisper "He used to be one of us." Here we find—in the grasping of a podium—Contingency, solidarity—and even irony.That just t…
La régularité
Toute explication de l'action met en jeu une régularité des conduites. On peut sans doute la rapporter à une machinerie sous-jacente, mais force est de convenir que les conduites humaines ne manifestent pas la « belle régularité » d'un mécanisme. Elles sont tout à la fois variables, indéterminées, adaptatrices et uniformes, standardisées. Comment rendre compte de cette ambivalence ? L'une des réponses consiste à recourir à des notions apparemment…
Wittgenstein and Davidson on the Sociality of Language
Externalism and the Philosophy of Mind
Journal Article Externalism and the Philosophy of Mind Get access Mental Content. By Colin McGinn (Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1989. Pp. vi + 218. Price £25.00.) Meredith Williams Meredith Williams Northwestern Unive Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 160, July 1990, Pages 352–380, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219727 Published: 01 July 1990
Wittgenstein' s Rejection of Scientific Psychology
Language learning and the representational theory of mind
Rights, Interests, and Moral Equality
Beyond the Infinite Regress
Rights, Interests, and Moral Equality
Beyond the Infinite Regress
Language learning and the representational theory of mind
Wittgenstein' s Rejection of Scientific Psychology
Externalism and the Philosophy of Mind
Journal Article Externalism and the Philosophy of Mind Get access Mental Content. By Colin McGinn (Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1989. Pp. vi + 218. Price £25.00.) Meredith Williams Meredith Williams Northwestern Unive Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 160, July 1990, Pages 352–380, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219727 Published: 01 July 1990
Wittgenstein and Davidson on the Sociality of Language
La régularité
Toute explication de l'action met en jeu une régularité des conduites. On peut sans doute la rapporter à une machinerie sous-jacente, mais force est de convenir que les conduites humaines ne manifestent pas la « belle régularité » d'un mécanisme. Elles sont tout à la fois variables, indéterminées, adaptatrices et uniformes, standardisées. Comment rendre compte de cette ambivalence ? L'une des réponses consiste à recourir à des notions apparemment…
Contingency, Solidarity-Irony
Contingency, Solidarity—IronyFor Richard Rorty Meredith Williams (bio) A shock of white hairA distinctive grasp of the podiumIn two hands—held tight to control the flow of ideas.Held tight—to withstand the force of the audience.Whether resisting the praise, too easily givenOr responding to the criticism raisedBy those who whisper "He used to be one of us." Here we find—in the grasping of a podium—Contingency, solidarity—and even irony.That just t…
Mortality Differences Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly since the Affordable Care Act; nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries now choose MA. An assessment of the comparative value of the 2 options is confounded by an apparent selection bias favoring MA, as reflected in mortality differences. Previous assessments have been hampered by lack of access to claims diagnosis data for the MA population. An indirect comparison of mortality as an outcome variable wa…
Disability During a Pandemic
AffiliationsErica Twardzik is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Meredith Williams is with the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Hana Meshesha is with the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities and the Department of Counseling, University of Montana, Missoula
The Human Form of Life
Anna Boncompagni’s Wittgenstein on Forms of Life, written for the Cambridge Elements of The Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, is an excellent overview of the topic and does exactly what such an Elements book should do. Most importantly, it provides a map of the leading philosophical interpretations of Wittgenstein’s use of the phrase “form of life,” and so debates of how it is best to be understood. The map consists of three interpretive axes of…
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works)