The Routledge guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations / Marie McGinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGinn, Marie.

Contributor:

McGinn, Marie.

Series:

Routledge guides to the great books

The Routledge guides to the great books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Philosophische Untersuchungen.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Philosophy.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

pages ; cm.

Other Title:

Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential twentieth-century philosophers in the western tradition. In his Philosophical Investigations he undertakes a radical critique of analytical philosophy's approach to both the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations introduces and assesses: Wittgenstein's life, The principal ideas of the Philosophical Investigations, Some of the principal disputes concerning the interpretation of his work, Wittgenstein's philosophical method and its connection with the form of the text. With further reading included throughout, this guidebook is essential reading for all students of philosophy, and all those wishing to get to grips with this masterpiece. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Style and method 11

Introduction 11

The idea of grammatical investigation 14

The rejection of philosophical theories 19

Philosophy as therapy 26

'... the philosophical problems should completely disappear' 28

References and further reading 33

2 Wittgenstein's critique of Augustine 35

Introduction 35

'Five red apples' 38

'Block!', 'Pillar!', 'Slab!', 'Beam!' 44

Meaning and use 56

Ostensive definition 64

Everything lies open to view 74

References and further reading 77

3 Rules and rule-following 78

Introduction 78

Kripke on Wittgenstein and rule-following 80

Responses to Kripke: Wright versus McDowell 88

The connection between meaning and use 95

Meaning and understanding 102

The connection between a rule and its application 115

The logical 'must' 126

References and further reading 132

4 Privacy and private language 134

Introduction 134

The idea of a private language 137

Our ordinary sensation language 143

The private language argument 152

The role of private ostensive definition in our ordinary sensation language 161

References and further reading 169

5 The inner and the outer 171

Introduction 171

Pain and pain-behaviour 176

The idea of the private object 186

The indeterminacy of our psychological language-game 196

Pain is not a something, but not a nothing either 200

Criteria 205

References and further reading 214

6 Intentionality: thinking, imagining, believing 216

Introduction 216

Thinking 219

Thought and language 223

Speaking to oneself 229

Imagining 234

'"I" is not a name' 238

Believing: Moore's Paradox 244

References and further reading 257

7 Intentionality: thinking, expecting, intending 259

Introduction 259

Thought: the harmony between thought and reality 262

Thought: catching reality in its net 266

Wishing and expecting 272

Intending 283

References and further reading 296

8 Seeing and seeing aspects 297

Introduction 297

The visual room 301

Seeing and seeing-as 309

Seeing and describing what you see 317

References and further reading 326.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations.

Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.

Related Work:

McGinn, Marie. Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations.

ISBN:

0415452562

9780415452557

0415452554

9780415452564

9780203080955

0203080955

OCLC:

244063518

Publisher Number:

99953728060