Wittgenstein and analytic philosophy : essays for P.M.S. Hacker / edited by Hans-Johann Glock and John Hyman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

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

Glock, Hans-Johann, 1960- editor.

Hyman, John, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Analysis (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

13 leading contributors offer essays in honour of Peter Hacker. They discuss issues in the interpretation of Wittgenstein, investigate central topics in the history of analytic philosophy, and explore and assess Wittgensteinian ideas about language, mind, action, ethics, and religion.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Contributors and Abstracts; Abbreviations for Works by Wittgenstein; Wittgenstein's Knight Move: Hacker on Wittgenstein's Influence on Analytic Philosophy; Wittgenstein and Frege's Logical Investigations; 'Moses': Wittgenstein on Names; Analytic Truths and Grammatical Propositions; Back to the Rough Ground: Wittgenstein and Ordinary Language; The Private Language Argument; Language-Games and Language: Rules, Normality Conditions and Conversation; Wittgenstein's Ethics: Boundaries and Boundary Crossings; The Lessons of Life: Wittgenstein, Religion and Analytic Philosophy

Hard and Easy Questions about ConsciousnessCognitive Scientism; Knowing How To and Knowing That; Action, Content and Inference; P. M. S. Hacker: A Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03507-5

1-282-05308-6

9786612053085

0-19-155001-9

OCLC:

404724321