
The Later Wittgenstein on Language
D. Whiting(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 9. December 2009
Book
Hardback
XI, 243 pages
978-0-230-21968-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together distinguished Wittgenstein scholars and renowned philosophers of language in order to examine what Wittgenstein has to say about language and to assess its significance for contemporary philosophy.
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'Daniel Whiting has brought together a collection of papers on the late philosophy of Wittgenstein, each of which, whether as a whole or in part, has something to offer to the reader...the collection is to be highly recommended.' - The Philosophical Quarterly
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Edition
2009 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
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XI, 243 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-21968-7 (9780230219687)
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The Later Wittgenstein on Language
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01/2014
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€117.69
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EMMA BORG is Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading, UK
WILLIAM CHILD is Fellow and Tutor at University College and University Lecturer at the University of Oxford, UK
HANS-JOHANN GLOCK is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
KATHRIN GLÜER is Professor in Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University. Sweden
P. M. S. HACKER is Emeritus Research Fellow at St John's College, University of Oxford, UK
PAUL HORWICH is Professor of Philosophy, New York University, USA
MARTIN KUSCH is Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, UK
DAVID MACARTHUR is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia
ALEXANDER MILLER is Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, UK
A. W. MOORE is Tutorial Fellow at St Hugh's College and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford., UK
ÅSA WIKFORSS is Professor in Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden
TIMOTHY WILLIAMSON is Wykeham Professor of Logic at New College, University of Oxford, UK
Content
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction; D.Whiting Wittgenstein's Definition of 'Meaning' as 'Use'; P.Horwich Meaning and Use; P.M.S Hacker The Use of Pejoratives; T.Williamson Wittgenstein's Externalism; W.Child Wittgenstein and Expressivism; D.Macarthur Meaning and Context: A Survey of a Contemporary Debate; E.Borg Particular and General: Wittgenstein, Linguistic Rules, and Context; D.Whiting Necessity, a Priority and Analyticity: A Wittgensteinian Perspective; H-J.Glock Es braucht die Regel nicht: Wittgenstein on Rules and Meaning; K.Glüer & Å.Wikforss Kripke's Wittgenstein, Factualism and Meaning; A.Miller Transcendental Idealism in Wittgenstein, and Theories of Meaning; A.W.Moore Kripke's Wittgenstein, On Certainty, and Epistemic Relativism; M.Kusch Bibliography Index