Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies

by P. M. S. Hacker

Overview

Focusing on diverse aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this volume not only provides a valuable introduction, but also investigates connections between the philosophy of Wittgenstein, other philosophers—in particular, Frege, Frazer, Carnap, and Strawson—and philosophical trends. It also illuminates very different aspects of Wittgenstein's thought, probing into the controversies it stimulates, as well as into its influence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199271139
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/15/2004
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.16(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

St John's College, Oxford

Table of Contents

1. Wittgenstein — an Overview2. Wittgenstein and the Autonomy of Humanistic Understanding3. Developmental Hypotheses and Perspicuous Representations: Wittgenstein on Frazer's Golden BoughPostscript4. Was he Trying to Whistle it? 5. When the Whistling had to Stop6. Naming, Thinking, and Meaning in the TractatusPostscript7. Frege and the Early Wittgenstein8. Frege and the Later Wittgenstein9. Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: The Exaltation and Deposition of Ostensive Definition, co-authored with G. P. Baker10. On Misunderstanding Wittgenstein: Kripke's Private Language Argument, co-authored with G. P. Baker11. Malcolm on Language and Rules, co-authored with G. P. Baker12. On Carnap's Elimination of Metaphysics13. On Strawson's Rehabilitation of MetaphysicsIndex