The concept "horse" paradox and Wittgensteinian conceptual investigations : a prolegomenon to philosophical investigations / Kelly Dean Jolley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jolley, Kelly Dean.

Series:

Ashgate Wittgensteinian studies.

Ashgate Wittgensteinian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Philosophische Untersuchungen.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Kerry, Benno.

Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925. Grundlagen der Arithmetik.

Frege, Gottlob.

Philosophy.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Object (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Jolley aims to understand the 'concept horse' debate between Frege and Kerry. But Jolley's purpose is not so much to champion either side; rather, it is to utilize an understanding of the debate to shed light on the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein-and vice versa. Jolley not only sifts through the debate between Frege and Kerry, but also through subsequent versions of the debate in J. J. Valberg and Wilfrid Sellars. Jolley's goal is to show that the central notion of Philosophical Investigations, that of a 'conceptual investigation', is a legacy of the Frege/Kerry debate and also a co

Contents:

Bearings

Frege at therapy

Logics caretaker

Beating a dead concept "horse"

Conceptual vs. objectual investigations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-109) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-61492-8

1-317-03757-X

1-317-03756-1

1-281-20863-9

9786611208639

0-7546-8753-8

9781315614922

OCLC:

505091781