Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language
1st Edition
Published on 4. November 1999
241 pages
978-0-19-534399-1 (ISBN)
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This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that Wittgenstein did not hold views commonly attributed to him, arguing that Wittgenstein's later work was mistakenly seen as a development of G. E. Moore's philosophy--which Wittgenstein in fact vigorously attacked. He also points to an underestimation of Russell's influence on Wittgenstein's thinking. Cook goes on to show how these misunderstandings have had grave consequences for philosophy at large, and proposes that a more subtle appreciation of linguistic philosophy can yield valuable results.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. THE WAY OUT OF THE FLYTRAP
- 1. The Subject Matter of Philosophy
- 2. Empiricism and the Flight from Solipsism
- 3. Theories and Descriptions
- 4. Speakers and Noise Makers
- 5. Reductionism and Inflationism
- II. REDUCTIONISM AND CRITERIA
- 6. The Ontological and Linguistic Aims of Reductionism
- 7. A Russellian Argument and Wittgensteinian Criteria
- 8. Wittgensteis's Concept of Criteria
- 9. What Criteria Cannot Be
- III. PHILOSOPHY AND LANGUAGE
- 10. Standard Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 11. Moore's Method
- 12. Wittgenstein and the Metaphysical Use of Words
- 13. Metaphysical Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 14. Investigative Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 15. Investigating Appearances
- Appendix: Russell's Our Knowledge of the External World and Its Relation to Wittgenstein's Philosophy
- Notes
- Index
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- C
- D
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