Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 284 g
Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 284 g
Reihe: Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9377-4
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer.
A comparative study of two major names in twentieth century philosophy - this is a groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy
- Bridges the divide between 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy
- Particularly relevant to Philosophy of Language - focuses on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and Gadamer's Truth and Method.
The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by Wittgenstein's conception of rules - in fact strengthens Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally, Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general.
A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers in to dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally.
Zielgruppe
Upper Level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Academics
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
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Preface
Introduction
1. The nature of language: Two philosophical traditions
2. Gadamer and Wittgenstein: contrasts and commonalities
3. Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and the ontology of language
4. Wittgenstein and the logics of language
5. 'What has history to do with me?': Language and/as historicality
6. A competition of interpretations: Wittgenstein and Gadamer read Augustine
7. Ordinary and extraordinary language: The hermeneutics of the poetic word
Conclusion
Bibliography
