Wittgenstein : comparisons and context / P.M.S. Hacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hacker, P. M. S. (Peter Michael Stephan)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951).

Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951).

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 250 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This book is a collection of P.M.S. Hacker's papers on Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinian themes written over the last decade. It presents Hacker's own (Wittgensteinian) conception of philosophy, and defends it against criticisms. Two essays compare Wittgenstein with Kant on transcendental arguments, and offer a Wittgensteinian critique of Kant's transcendental deduction. Two further essays trace the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology, and examine his anthropological and ethnological approach to philosophical problems. This leads naturally to a synoptic comparison of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language with formal, truth-conditional conceptions of language. A further two clarificatory essays follow these comparative ones: the first concerns Wittgenstein's conception of grammar, and his exclusion of theses, doctrines, dogmas, and opinions in philosophy; the second concerns his treatment of intentionality.

This book is a collection of P. M. S. Hacker's papers on Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinian themes written over the last decade. It presents Hacker's own (Wittgensteinian) conception of philosophy, and defends it against criticisms. Two essays compare Wittgenstein with Kant on transcendental arguments, and offer a Wittgensteinian critique of Kant's transcendental deduction. Two further essays trace the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology, and examine his anthropological and ethnological approach to philosophical problems. This leads naturally to a synoptic comparison of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language with formal, truth-conditional conceptions of language. A further two clarificatory essays follow these comparative ones: the first concerns Wittgenstein's conception of grammar, and his exclusion of theses, doctrines, dogmas, and opinions in philosophy; the second concerns his treatment of intentionality.

Contents:

On method. Philosophy : a contribution not to human knowledge but to human understanding

Comparisons and clarifications. Kant and Wittgenstein : the matter of transcendental arguments

Kant's transcendental deduction : a Wittgensteinian critique

The development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology

Wittgenstein's anthropological and ethnological approach

Two conceptions of language

Wittgenstein on grammar, theses, and dogmatism

Intentionality and the harmony between thought and reality

Context. Passing by the naturalistic turn : on Quine's cul-de-sac

Analytic philosophy : what, whence, and whither?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199674824

0199674825

9780198823353

0198823355

OCLC:

833405046