Gunnell Social Inquiry After Wittgenstein and Kuhn

Leaving Everything as It Is
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-53834-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

A distinctive feature of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s work after 1930 was his turn to a conception of philosophy as a form of social inquiry, John G. Gunnell argues, and Thomas Kuhn’s approach to the philosophy of science exemplified this conception

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gunnell, John

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Thomas Kuhn and the Shadow of Wittgenstein
2. Wittgenstein and Social Theory
3. Mind, Meaning, and Interpretation
4. Investigating the Investigations
5. Conventional Objects, Concepts, and the Practice of Interpretation
6. Interpreting Science: Kuhn as a Social Theorist
7. Wittgenstein on the Moon: Certainty, Truth, and Value
References
Index

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Über Autor(innen)

John G. Gunnell is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Albany. He is currently a research associate at the University of California, Davis. His most recent books include Political Theory and Social Science: Cutting Against the Grain and Imagining the American Polity: Political Science and the Discourse of Democracy.