Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-513298-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that Wittgenstein did not hold views commonly attributed to him, arguing that Wittgenstein's later work was mistakenly seen as a development of G. E. Moore's philosophy--which Wittgenstein in fact vigorously attacked. He also points to an underestimation of Russell's influence on Wittgenstein's thinking. Cook goes on to show how these misunderstandings have had grave consequences for philosophy at large, and proposes that a more subtle appreciation of linguistic philosophy can yield valuable results.
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- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I: The Way Out of the Flytrap
- 1: The Subject Matter of Philosophy
- 2: Empiricism and the Flight from Solipsism
- 3: Theories and Descriptions
- 4: Speakers and Noise Makers
- 5: Reductionism and Inflation
- Part II: Reductionism and Criteria
- 6: The Ontological and Linguistic Aims of Reductionism
- 7: A Russellian Argument and Wittgensteinian Criteria
- 8: The Concept of Criteria
- 9: What Criteria Cannot Be
- Part III: Philosophy and Language
- 10: Standard Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 11: Moore's Method
- 12: Wittgenstein and the Metaphysical Use of Words
- 13: Metaphysical Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 14: Investigative Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 15: Investigative Appearances
- Appendix
- Name Index
- Subject Index
