Wittgenstein and His Interpreters - Essays in Memory of Gordon Baker

Informationen zum Autor Guy Kahane is Deputy Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University.Edward Kanterian is lecturer in philosophy at Trinity College and Jesus College! Oxford.Oskari Kuusela is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Philosophy! University of Helsinki. Klappentext Comprising specially commissioned essays from some of the most significant contributors to the field! this volume provides a uniquely authoritative and thorough survey of the main lines of Wittgenstein scholarship over the past 50 years! tracing the history and current trends as well as anticipating the future shape of work on Wittgenstein.Reflecting a range of different perspectives! some contributions offer an historical overview! mapping different schools and approaches to Wittgenstein interpretation. Others consider questions of methodology and style! or examine and shed new light on seminal controversies. Taken together! the essays provide a much needed overview of the complex landscape of both Wittgenstein exegesis and Wittgensteinian approaches to philosophy and will serve as an essential resource and guide for both students and scholars. Zusammenfassung Comprising specially commissioned essays from some of the most significant contributors to the field! this volume provides a uniquely authoritative and thorough survey of the main lines of Wittgenstein scholarship over the past 50 years! tracing the history and current trends as well as anticipating the future shape of work on Wittgenstein.Reflecting a range of different perspectives! some contributions offer an historical overview! mapping different schools and approaches to Wittgenstein interpretation. Others consider questions of methodology and style! or examine and shed new light on seminal controversies. Taken together! the essays provide a much needed overview of the complex landscape of both Wittgenstein exegesis and Wittgensteinian approaches to philosophy and will serve as an essential resource and guide for both students and scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.1. Perspectives on Wittgenstein: An Intermittently Opinionated Survey: Hans-Johann Glock.2. Wittgenstein's Method: Ridding People of Philosophical Prejudices: Katherine Morris.3. Gordon Baker's Late Interpretation of Wittgenstein: P. M. S. Hacker.4. The Interpretation of the Philosophical Investigations: Style! Therapy! Nachlass: Alois Pichler.5. Ways of Reading Wittgenstein: Observations on Certain Uses of the Word 'Metaphysics': Joachim Schulte.6. Metaphysical/Everyday Use: A Note on a Late Paper by Gordon Baker: Hilary Putnam.7. Wittgenstein and Transcendental Idealism: A. W. Moore.8. Simples and the Idea of Analysis in the Tractatus: Marie McGinn.9. Words! Waxing and Waning: Ethics in/and/of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: Stephen Mulhall.10. The Uses of Wittgenstein's Beetle: Philosophical Investigations §293 and Its Interpreters: David G. Stern.11. Bourgeois! Bolshevist or Anarchist?: The Reception of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics: Ray Monk.12. Wittgenstein and Ethical Naturalism: Alice Crary.Bibliography.Index ...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
1. Perspectives on Wittgenstein: An Intermittently Opinionated Survey: Hans-Johann Glock.
2. Wittgenstein's Method: Ridding People of Philosophical Prejudices: Katherine Morris.
3. Gordon Baker's Late Interpretation of Wittgenstein: P. M. S. Hacker.
4. The Interpretation of the Philosophical Investigations: Style, Therapy, Nachlass: Alois Pichler.
5. Ways of Reading Wittgenstein: Observations on Certain Uses of the Word 'Metaphysics': Joachim Schulte.
6. Metaphysical/Everyday Use: A Note on a Late Paper by Gordon Baker: Hilary Putnam.
7. Wittgenstein and Transcendental Idealism: A. W. Moore.
8. Simples and the Idea of Analysis in the Tractatus: Marie McGinn.
9. Words, Waxing and Waning: Ethics in/and/of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: Stephen Mulhall.
10. The Uses of Wittgenstein's Beetle: Philosophical Investigations
293 and Its Interpreters: David G. Stern.
11. Bourgeois, Bolshevist or Anarchist?: The Reception of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics: Ray Monk.
12. Wittgenstein and Ethical Naturalism: Alice Crary.
Bibliography.
Index

Bericht

"If the main function of a book like this is to stimulate readers to thoughts of their own, then it succeeds admirably in its task." ( Scribd Feed , 1 December 2012)
"An excellent survey ... .The essays are important contributions to the scholarship of Wittgenstein interpretation." ( Philosophical Investigations , July 2009)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Guy Kanterian Kahane
• Mitarbeit: Guy Kahane (Herausgeber), Edward Kanterian (Herausgeber), Oskari Kuusela (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.08.2007
• EAN: 9781405129220
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-2922-0
• Seiten: 368