Wittgenstein, Scepticism and Naturalism - Essays on the Later Philosophy

The essays in Wittgenstein, Scepticism and Naturalism cover the later Wittgenstein's thought on scepticism about the external world; scepticism about other minds; knowledge and belief; meaning and rule-following; and the nature of psychological concepts. Focusing on topics in the later philosophy, the essays provide a distinctive understanding of the nature of philosophical development of Wittgenstein's thought from the early to the later work.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Works by Wittgenstein; Chapter One Wittgenstein on Certainty; Chapter Two The Real Problem of Others: Cavell, Merleau-Ponty and Wittgenstein on Scepticism about Other Minds; Chapter Three The Everyday Alternative to Scepticism: Cavell and Wittgenstein on Other Minds; Chapter Four Wittgenstein and Knowledge; Chapter Five Wittgenstein and Williamson on Knowing and Believing; Chapter Six Wittgenstein and Moore's Paradox; Chapter Seven Wittgenstein and Naturalism; Chapter Eight Naturalism and 'Turning Our Whole Inquiry Around'; Chapter Nine Liberal Naturalism: Wittgenstein and McDowell; Chapter Ten 'Recognizing the Ground That Lies before Us as Ground': McDowell on How to Read the Philosophical Investigations; Chapter Eleven Grammar in the Philosophical Investigations; References; Index.

About the author

Marie McGinn is Professor Emerita in Philosophy, University of York, UK. She is the author of The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations' (2013) and has published widely on all aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Marie Mcginn, McGinn Marie
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781785278372
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-837-2
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Methodology, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge