Wittgenstein's metaphilosophy

A bold interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein's later work. It argues that it is Wittgenstein's radically anti-theoretical metaphilosophy - and not his identification of the meaning of a word with its use - that underpins his discussions of specific issues concerning language, the mind, mat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Horwich, Paul (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Clarendon Press 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37517193*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Wittgensteinâ€?s metaphilosophy""; ""1.1 The fundamental idea""; ""1.2 Sceptical conundrums""; ""1.3 Illustrations from outside philosophy""; ""1.4 The role of language""; ""1.5 Odd objects: the case of numbers""; ""1.6 Questions and objections""; ""2 A critique of theoretical philosophy""; ""2.1 T-philosophy""; ""2.2 Intuition â?? generalization â?? paradox""; ""2.3 Theoretical reactions""; ""2.4 The irrationality of scientism""; ""2.5 Kinds of theory and their peculiar discontents""; ""2.6 The general form of a philosophical issue""
  • ""2.7 Exceptions""""2.8 An anti-theoretical theory?""; ""2.9 Does Wittgensteinâ€?s metaphilosophy rest on his view of meaning?""; ""2.10 Two philosophies?""; ""3 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus""; ""3.1 Outline""; ""3.2 Metaphysics""; ""3.3 Meaning""; ""3.4 The structure and limits of language""; ""3.5 Metaphilosophy""; ""3.6 Throwing away the ladder""; ""3.7 Self-criticism""; ""3.8 Conclusion""; ""4 Meaning""; ""4.1 Wittgensteinâ€?s objectives""; ""4.2 Wittgensteinâ€?s definition of “meaningâ€? as “useâ€?""; ""4.3 Paradoxes of meaning and their dissolution""; ""5 Kripkeâ€?s Wittgenstein""
  • ""5.1 A sceptical account of meaning""""5.2 The rational-guidance argument""; ""5.3 The truth argument""; ""5.4 Appraisal of Kripkeâ€?s reasoning""; ""5.5 The paradoxical conclusion""; ""5.6 Kripkeâ€?s “sceptical solutionâ€?""; ""5.7 Individualistic language""; ""5.8 The differences between Kripkenstein and Wittgenstein""; ""6 The “mysteryâ€? of consciousness""; ""6.1 Pseudo-problems""; ""6.2 The case of consciousness""; ""6.3 The “private language argumentâ€?""; ""6.4 Behaviourism""; ""6.5 Inverted spectra""; ""6.6 Pseudo-qualia""; ""6.7 Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""
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