Wittgenstein''s Philosophical Investigations - A Critical Guide

Informationen zum Autor Arif Ahmed is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Saul Kripke (2007). Klappentext This volume challenges our understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy on well-known themes like thought and intentionality, and language games. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays deepens but also challenges our understanding of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations! revisiting major themes such as the connection between meaning and use! the nature of concepts! thought and intentionality! and language games. Its genuinely critical approach demonstrates Wittgenstein's relevance for contemporary philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction Arif Ahmed; 1. From referentialism to human action: the Augustinian theory of language Robert Hanna; 2. What's doing? Activity, naming and Wittgenstein's response to Augustine Michael Luntley; 3. Measure for measure? Wittgenstein on language-game criteria and the Paris standard metre bar Dale Jacquette; 4. Wittgenstein on family resemblance concepts Michael Forster; 5. Wittgenstein on concepts Hans-Johann Glock; 6. Wittgenstein vs contextualism Jason Bridges; 7. Wittgenstein and the linguistic turn Richard Rorty; 8. Rorty's Wittgenstein Paul Horwich; 9. Are meaning, understanding, etc. definite states? John McDowell; 10. Another strand in the private language argument David Stern; 11. Deductive inference and aspect perception Arif Ahmed; 12. Remembering intentions William Child; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Arif Ahmed, Arif (University of Cambridge) Ahmed, Dr. Arif Ahmed, AHMED ARIF
• Mitarbeit: Arif Ahmed (Herausgeber), Arif (University of Cambridge) Ahmed (Herausgeber), Dr. Arif Ahmed (Herausgeber), Ahmed Arif (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.05.2010
• EAN: 9780521886130
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88613-0
• Seiten: 280
• Serien: Cambridge Critical Guides; Cambridge Critical Guides
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, History of Western philosophy