Wittgenstein's later theory of meaning : imagination and calculation / Hans Julius Schneider ; with a foreword by Charles Taylor ; translated from the German by Timothy Doyle and Daniel Smyth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Hans Julius.

Contributor:

Taylor, Charles, 1931-

Doyle, Timothy.

Smyth, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Summary:

By exploring the significance of Wittgenstein's later texts relating to the philosophy of language, Wittgenstein's Later Theory of Meaning offers insights that will transform our understanding of the influential 20th-century philosopher. Explores the significance of Wittgenstein's later texts relating to the philosophy of language, and offers new insights that transform our understanding of the influential 20th-century philosopher Provides original interpretations of the systematic points about language in Wittgenstein's later writings that reveal his theory of meaning Engages in close readings of a variety of Wittgenstein's later texts to explore what the philosopher really had to say about 'kinds of words' and 'parts of speech' Frees Wittgenstein from his reputation as an unsystematic thinker with nothing to offer but 'therapy' for individual cases of philosophical confusion.

Contents:

Intro

Wittgenstein's Later Theory of Meaning: Imagination and Calculation

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Notes

References

1 The Fregean Perspective and Concomitant Expectations One Brings to Wittgenstein

2 How a Language Game Becomes Extended

3 Kinds of Expression

4 "Function" in Language Games and in Sentential Contexts

5 The Sound of a Sentence I: Singing from the Score

6 Projection: No Mere Mapping but a Creative Activity

7 The Sound of a Sentence II: Surface Grammar

Note

8 Complexity

9 An Integration of Wittgenstein and Frege?

10 Dummett's Doubts and Frege's Concept of "Sense"

11 Wittgenstein on "Communicating Something"

12 "Grammatical Sense" and "Syntactic Metaphor": A Wittgensteinian Solution

13 A "Theory of Meaning" - In What Sense?

Index.

Notes:

"Enlarged and completely revised version of one of the chapters of author's Phantasie und Kalkül, 1992"--Title page cover.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118642375

1118642376

9781118642146

1118642147

9781118642160

1118642163

OCLC:

841051234