Philosophical Remarks

Author : Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 357 pages
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Release : 1980-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226904313

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Philosophical Remarks by Ludwig Wittgenstein Pdf

When in May 1930, the Council of Trinity College, Cambridge, had to decide whether to renew Wittgenstein's research grant, it turned to Bertrand Russell for an assessment of the work Wittgenstein had been doing over the past year. His verdict: "The theories contained in this new work . . . are novel, very original and indubitably important. Whether they are true, I do not know. As a logician who likes simplicity, I should like to think that they are not, but from what I have read of them I am quite sure that he ought to have an opportunity to work them out, since, when completed, they may easily prove to constitute a whole new philosophy." "[Philosophical Remarks] contains the seeds of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of mind and of mathematics. Principally, he here discusses the role of indispensable in language, criticizing Russell's The Analysis of Mind. He modifies the Tractatus's picture theory of meaning by stressing that the connection between the proposition and reality is not found in the picture itself. He analyzes generality in and out of mathematics, and the notions of proof and experiment. He formulates a pain/private-language argument and discusses both behaviorism and the verifiability principle. The work is difficult but important, and it belongs in every philosophy collection."—Robert Hoffman, Philosophy "Any serious student of Wittgenstein's work will want to study his Philosophical Remarks as a transitional book between his two great masterpieces. The Remarks is thus indispensible for anyone who seeks a complete understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy."—Leonard Linsky, American Philosophical Association

Author : Kelly Dean Jolley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
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Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317492375

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Wittgenstein by Kelly Dean Jolley Pdf

Wittgenstein's complex and demanding work challenges much that is taken for granted in philosophical thinking as well as in the theorizing of art, theology, science and culture. Each essay in this collection explores a key concept involved in Wittgenstein's thinking, relating it to his understanding of philosophy, and outlining the arguments and explaining the implications of each concept. Concepts covered include grammar, meaning and meaning-blindness language-games and private language, family resemblances, psychologism, rule-following, teaching and learning, avowals, Moore's Paradox, aspect seeing, the meter-stick, and criteria. Students new to Wittgenstein and readers interested in developing their understanding of specific aspects of his philosophical work will find this book very welcome.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Philosophical Topics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Arrington,Hans-Johann Glock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 2002-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134912490

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Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations by Robert Arrington,Hans-Johann Glock Pdf

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David G. Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521891329

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Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations by David G. Stern Pdf

In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. He gives particular attention to both the arguments of the Investigations and the way in which the work is written, especially the role of dialogue in the book. While he concentrates on helping the reader to arrive at his or h er own interpretation of the primary text, he also provides guidance to the unusually wide range of existing interpretations, and to the reasons why the Investigations have inspired such a diversity of readings.

Author : S.G. Shanker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 479 pages
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Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317832034

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Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics by S.G. Shanker Pdf

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : James C. Klagge
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 262 pages
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Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262300124

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Wittgenstein in Exile by James C. Klagge Pdf

A new way of looking at Wittgenstein: as an exile from an earlier cultural era. Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) and Philosophical Investigations (1953) are among the most influential philosophical books of the twentieth century, and also among the most perplexing. Wittgenstein warned again and again that he was not and would not be understood. Moreover, Wittgenstein's work seems to have little relevance to the way philosophy is done today. In Wittgenstein in Exile, James Klagge proposes a new way of looking at Wittgenstein—as an exile—that helps make sense of this. Wittgenstein's exile was not, despite his wanderings from Vienna to Cambridge to Norway to Ireland, strictly geographical; rather, Klagge argues, Wittgenstein was never at home in the twentieth century. He was in exile from an earlier era—Oswald Spengler's culture of the early nineteenth century. Klagge draws on the full range of evidence, including Wittgenstein's published work, the complete Nachlaß, correspondence, lectures, and conversations. He places Wittgenstein's work in a broad context, along a trajectory of thought that includes Job, Goethe, and Dostoyevsky. Yet Klagge also writes from an analytic philosophical perspective, discussing such topics as essentialism, private experience, relativism, causation, and eliminativism. Once we see Wittgenstein's exile, Klagge argues, we will gain a better appreciation of the difficulty of understanding Wittgenstein and his work.

Author : Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226904375

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Bemerkungen über die Philosophie der Psychologie by Ludwig Wittgenstein Pdf

Wittgenstein finished part 1 of the Philosophical Investigations in the spring of 1945. From 1946 to 1949 he worked on the philosophy of psychology almost without interruption. The present two-volume work comprises many of his writings over this period. Some of the remarks contained here were culled for part 2 of the Investigations; others were set aside and appear in the collection known as Zettel. The great majority, however, although of excellent quality, have hitherto remained unpublished. This bilingual edition of the Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology presents the first English translation of an essential body of Wittgenstein's work. It elaborates Wittgenstein's views on psychological concepts such as expectation, sensation, knowing how to follow a rule, and knowledge of the sensations of other persons. It also shows strong emphasis on the "anthropological" aspect of Wittgenstein's thought. Philosophers, as well as anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists will welcome this important publication.

Author : Arif Ahmed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139489577

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Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations by Arif Ahmed Pdf

Published in 1953, Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations had a deeply unsettling effect upon our most basic philosophical ideas concerning thought, sensation and language. Its claim that philosophical questions of meaning necessitate a close analysis of the way we use language continues to influence Anglo-American philosophy today. However, its compressed and dialogic prose is not always easy to follow. This collection of essays deepens but also challenges our understanding of the work's major themes, such as the connection between meaning and use, the nature of concepts, thought and intentionality, and language games. Bringing together leading philosophers and Wittgenstein scholars, it offers a genuinely critical approach and demonstrating Wittgenstein's relevance for contemporary philosophy. This volume will appeal to readers interested in the later Wittgenstein, in addition to those interested in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology.

Author : Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0262730170

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Bemerkungen Über Die Grundlagen Der Mathematik by Ludwig Wittgenstein Pdf

Author : Stewart Shapiro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780190287535

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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic by Stewart Shapiro Pdf

Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general philosophical issues and for its role in overall knowledge- gathering. Today, philosophy of mathematics and logic remain central disciplines in contemporary philosophy, as evidenced by the regular appearance of articles on these topics in the best mainstream philosophical journals; in fact, the last decade has seen an explosion of scholarly work in these areas. This volume covers these disciplines in a comprehensive and accessible manner, giving the reader an overview of the major problems, positions, and battle lines. The 26 contributed chapters are by established experts in the field, and their articles contain both exposition and criticism as well as substantial development of their own positions. The essays, which are substantially self-contained, serve both to introduce the reader to the subject and to engage in it at its frontiers. Certain major positions are represented by two chapters--one supportive and one critical. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Math and Logic is a ground-breaking reference like no other in its field. It is a central resource to those wishing to learn about the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of logic, or some aspect thereof, and to those who actively engage in the discipline, from advanced undergraduates to professional philosophers, mathematicians, and historians.

Author : Pasquale Frascolla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134974375

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Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics by Pasquale Frascolla Pdf

Wittgenstein's role was vital in establishing mathematics as one of this century's principal areas of philosophic inquiry. In this book, the three phases of Wittgenstein's reflections on mathematics are viewed as a progressive whole, rather than as separate entities. Frascolla builds up a systematic construction of Wittgenstein's representation of the role of arithmetic in the theory of logical operations. He also presents a new interpretation of Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations - the `community view of internal relations'.

Author : M.T. Dalgarno,E.H. Matthews
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989-04-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0792301900

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The Philosophy of Thomas Reid by M.T. Dalgarno,E.H. Matthews Pdf

Note on references to the works of Thomas Reid 5 SECTION 1 - Perception Yves Michaud (University of Paris, France) 9 'Reid's Attack on the Theory of Ideas' William P. Alston (Syracuse University, U. S. A. ) 35 'Reid on Perception and Conception' Vere Chappell (University of Massachusetts, U. S. A. ) 49 'The Theory of Sensations' Norton Nelkin (University of New Orleans, U. S. A. ) 65 'Reid's View of Sensations Vindicated' A. E. Pitson (University of Stirling, Scotland) 79 'Sensation, Perception and Reid's Realism' Aaron Ben-Zeev (University of Haifa, Israel) 91 'Reid's Opposition to the Theory of Ideas' Michel Malherbe (University of Nantes, France) 103 'Thomas Reid on the Five Senses' SECTION 2 - Knowledge and COlIIOOn Sense Keith Lehrer (University of Arizona, U. S. A. ) 121 'Reid on Evidence and Conception' Dennis Charles Holt (Southeast Missouri State 145 University, U. S. A. ) 'The Defence of Common Sense in Reid and Moore' T. J. Sutton (University of Oxford, England) 159 'The Scottish Kant?' Daniel Schulthess (university of Berne, Switzerland) 193 'Did Reid Hold Coherentist Views?' VI Claudine Engel-Tiercelin (University of Rouen, France) 205 'Reid and Peirce on Belief' C. A. J. Coady (University of Melbourne, Australia) 225 'Reid on Testimony' SECTION 3 - Mind and Action James Somerville (University of Hull, England) 249 'Making out the Signatures: Reid's Account of the Knowledge of Other Minds' R. F.

Author : Alain Stephen
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781782430971

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This Book Will Make You Think by Alain Stephen Pdf

We may have heard of Socrates, Plato, Descartes and Nietzsche, but what did they believe? What were their famous aphorisms? This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean explains as simply as possible the ideas behind the world's most highly regarded philosophers, examining their beliefs and presenting choice quotes that succinctly distil their most famous theories. Written in an accessible and informative style, this book will help readers get to grips with the complex concepts of philosophy through the ages, and help match the theories to the names.

Author : Lars Albinus,Josef G. F. Rothhaupt,Aidan Seery
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110453720

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Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer by Lars Albinus,Josef G. F. Rothhaupt,Aidan Seery Pdf

This volume is dedicated to Wittgenstein's remarks on Frazer's The Golden Bough and represents a collaboration of scholars within philosophy and the study of religion. For the first time, specialized investigations of the philological and philosophical aspects Wittgenstein's manuscripts are combined with the outlook of philosophical anthropology and ritual studies. In the first section of the book Wittgenstein's remarks are presented and discussed in light of his Nachlass and relevant lecture-notes by G.E. Moore, reproduced in this book as facsimiles. The second section deals with the cultural and philosophical background of the early remarks, while the third section focuses specifically on the general problem of understanding as being a main issue of these remarks. The fourth section concentrates on the philosophical development characteristic of the later remarks. Finally, the fifth section reviews Wittgenstein's opposition to Frazer, and the ramifications of his remarks, in light of ritual studies. The book is intended for scholars in philosophy and religious studies, as well as for the general reader with an academic interest in philosophy and the philosophy of religion.