Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language
Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language

Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language


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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.

Table of Contents:
Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 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 Inflation Part II: Reductionism and Criteria 6.: The Ontological and Linguistic Aims of Reductionism 7.: A Russellian Argument and Wittgensteinian Criteria 8.: The Concept of Criteria 9.: What Criteria Cannot Be Part 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.: Investigative Appearances Appendix Name Index Subject Index

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"This is a very good book. It is short but very well documented; the references are many, telling, and often clinching. It is clearly written and argued, and it has extraordinary thesis....Cook's book performed, for me, the invaluable service of renewing my interest in Wittgenstein and causing me to re-think my understanding of him....Buy this book, and recommend it to students."--International Philosophical Quarterly "This is a very good book. It is short but very well documented; the references are many, telling, and often clinching. It is clearly written and argued, and it has extraordinary thesis.Cook's book performed, for me, the invaluable service of renewing my interest in Wittgenstein and causing me to re-think my understanding of him....Buy this book, and recommend it to students."--International Philosophical Quarterly


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780195132984
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 019513298X
  • Publisher Date: 02 Dec 1999
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 580 gr


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