The Routledge guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations
by
McGinn, Marie.
Title
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The Routledge guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations
Author
:
McGinn, Marie.
ISBN
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9780415452557
9780415452564
9780203080955
Personal Author
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McGinn, Marie.
Publication Information
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London : Routledge, 2013.
Physical Description
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xv, 341 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series
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The Routledge guides to the great books
General Note
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Rev. ed. of: Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations.
Contents
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Style and method -- Introduction -- The idea of grammatical investigation -- The rejection of philosophical theories -- Philosophy as therapy -- `... the philosophical problems should completely disappear' -- References and further reading -- 2.Wittgenstein's critique of Augustine -- Introduction -- `Five red apples' -- `Block!', `Pillar!', `Slab!', `Beam!' -- Meaning and use -- Ostensive definition -- Everything lies open to view -- References and further reading -- 3.Rules and rule-following -- Introduction -- Kripke on Wittgenstein and rule-following -- Responses to Kripke: Wright versus McDowell -- The connection between meaning and use -- Meaning and understanding -- The connection between a rule and its application -- The logical `must' -- References and further reading -- 4.Privacy and private language -- Introduction -- The idea of a private language -- Our ordinary sensation language -- The private language argument --
Contents note continued: The role of private ostensive definition in our ordinary sensation language -- References and further reading -- 5.The inner and the outer -- Introduction -- Pain and pain-behaviour -- The idea of the private object -- The indeterminacy of our psychological language-game -- Pain is not a something, but not a nothing either -- Criteria -- References and further reading -- 6.Intentionality: thinking, imagining, believing -- Introduction -- Thinking -- Thought and language -- Speaking to oneself -- Imagining -- `"I" is not a name' -- Believing: Moore's Paradox -- References and further reading -- 7.Intentionality: thinking, expecting, intending -- Introduction -- Thought: the harmony between thought and reality -- Thought: catching reality in its net -- Wishing and expecting -- Intending -- References and further reading -- 8.Seeing and seeing aspects -- Introduction -- The visual room -- Seeing and seeing-as -- Seeing and describing what you see --
Contents note continued: References and further reading.
Personal Subject
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Philosophische Untersuchungen.
Subject Term
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Philosophy.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Added Author
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McGinn, Marie. Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025594306 | 192 M145R 2013 | 1 |