The Uses of Sense

Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language
Erscheinungsjahr 1989
ISBN: 978-0-19-824942-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 829 g

This book provides a novel interpretation of the ideas about language in Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations'. In particular, the author places the 'private language argument' in the context of wider themes in the Investigations, and thereby develops a picture of what it is for words to bear the meaning they do. Travis elaborates two versions of a private language argument, and shows the consequences of these for current trends in the philosophical theory of meaning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Travis, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Two pictures of semantics; The making of semantic fact; The uses of language games; Doubt and knowledge ascription; The limits of doubt; Through the wilderness; The autonomy of fact-stating; The problems with private semantics