Wittgenstein on mind and language / David G. Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Language and languages.

Philosophy of mind--History--20th century.

Philosophy of mind.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Contributions in philosophy of language.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Contributions in philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Investigates what motivated Wittgenstein's philosophical writing, throwing light on the "Tractatus" and "Philosophical Investigations". This book is an exposition of Wittgenstein's early conception of the nature of representation and how his later revision and criticism of that work led to a radically different way of looking at mind and language.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. The Wittgenstein Papers""; ""1.2. The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy""; ""1.3. Wittgenstein's Methods""; ""I. Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy""; ""2. Logic and Language""; ""2.1. The Picture Theory""; ""2.2. The Limits of Language""; ""2.3. Showing and Saying""; ""3. Subject and Object""; ""3.1. Logical Atomism""; ""3.2. Analysis in the Tractatus""; ""3.3. The Application of Language""; ""3.4. The Subjects of the Tractatus""; ""II. Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy""; ""4. From Logical Atomism to Practical Holism""

""4.1. Wittgenstein's Later Writing""""4.2. Logical Form and Logical Holism""; ""4.3. Insight, Decision, and Practice""; ""4.4. From Logical Holism to Practical Holism""; ""5. The Description of Immediate Experience""; ""5.1. Philosophical Analysis and Primary Language""; ""5.2. Wittgenstein's Rejection of Primary Language""; ""5.3. The Magic Lantern Simile: Inside and Outside the Picture Theory""; ""5.4. The World as Idea""; ""6. The Flow of Life""; ""6.1. Why Language Cannot Say That ""All Is in Flux,""""; ""6.2. Leading Words Back from Their Metaphysical Use""

""6.3. Wittgenstein's Treatment of Private Language""""6.4. ""Words Only Have Meaning in the Flow of Life,""""; ""Appendix: Passages from the Unpublished Wittgenstein Papers (Nachlass)""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""; ""Index of Quotations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-978614-3

9786612267970

0-19-802417-7

1-282-26797-3

1-280-55988-8

9786610559886

1-4356-1865-3

OCLC:

922952914