Wittgenstein in America

Klappentext This remarkable collection explores the legacy of Wittgenstein's work in contemporary American philosophy. The contributors (including several celebrated philosophers) take a variety of approaches to Wittgenstein; they discuss such topics as rule-following, realism about mathematics, the method of the Tractatus, the relation between style and content in Wittgenstein, and his distinction between sense and nonsense. Wittgenstein also is discussed in relation to subsequent philosophers such as Quine and Kripke. Zusammenfassung This text is a collection of essays exploring the legacy of Wittgenstein's work in contemporary American philosophy. The contributors take a variety of approaches to Wittgenstein, discussing such topics as rule-following, realism about mathematics, and the method of the Tractatus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: James Conant: Two Conceptions of Die Uberwindung der Metaphysik: Carnap and Early Wittgenstein 2: Meridith Williams: The Etiology of the Obvious: Wittgenstein and the Elimination of Indeterminacy 3: Lars Hertzberg: The Sense is Where You Find It 4: Cora Diamond: How Long is the Standard Metre in Paris? 5: Hilary Putnam: Was Wittgenstein Really an Antireaslist about Mathematics? 6: Peter Winch: The Expression of Belief 7: David Finkelstein: Wittgenstein's 'Plan for the Treatment of Psychological Concepts' 8: Ben Tilghman: Morality, Human Understanding, and the Limits of Language 9: Stanley Cavell: The Investigations Everyday Aesthetic of Itself Endnotes, Index, Bibliography

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• Authors: Timothy Mccarthy, Timothy G. Stidd Mccarthy
• Assisted by: Timothy Mccarthy (Editor), Timothy G McCarthy (Editor), Timothy G. McCarthy (Editor), McCarthy Timothy G. (Editor), Sean C Stidd (Editor), Sean C. Stidd (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2001
• EAN: 9780199241590
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924159-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism