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Rule-following and meaning / edited by Alexander Miller and Crispin Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
- Kripke, Saul A. Wittgenstein on rules and private language.
- Kripke, Saul A.
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Rule-Following & Meaning
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The rule-following debate, in its concern with the metaphysics and epistemology of linguistic meaning and mental content, goes to the heart of the most fundamental questions of contemporary philosophy of mind and language. This volume gathers together the most important contributions to the topic, including papers by Simon Blackburn, Paul Boghossian, Graeme Forbes, Warren Goldfarb, Paul Horwich, John McDowell, Colin McGinn, Ruth Millikan, Philip Pettit, George Wilson, Crispin Wright, and José Zalabardo. The debate has centred on Saul Kripke's reading of the rule-following sections in Wittgenstein and his consequent posing of a "sceptical paradox" that threatens our everyday notions of linguistic meaning and mental content. These essays are attempts to respond to this challenge and represent some of the most important work in contemporary theory of meaning. With an introductory essay and a comprehensive guide to further reading the book is an excellent resource for courses in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, Wittgenstein, and metaphysics, as well as for all philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists with interests in these areas.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Skepticism and Semantic Knowledge; 3 The Individual Strikes Back; 4 Wittgenstein on Following a Rule; 5 Wittgenstein, Kripke and Non-Reductionism about Meaning; 6 Kripke on Wittgenstein on Rules; 7 Critical Notice of Colin McGinn's Wittgenstein on Meaning; 8 Meaning and Intention as Judgement Dependent; 9 The Rule-Following Considerations; 10 The Reality of Rule-Following; 11 Truth Rules, Hoverflies, and the Kripke-Wittgenstein Paradox; 12 Kripke on Wittgenstein on Normativity
- 13 Meaning, Use and Truth14 Kripke's Normativity Argument; Guide to Further Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-48964-0
- 1-317-48965-9
- 1-315-71067-6
- 1-282-92136-3
- 9786612921360
- 1-84465-335-8
- 9781315710679
- OCLC:
- 898771412
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