Meredith Williams

Blind Obedience (eBook, ePUB)

Paradox and Learning in the Later Wittgenstein

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

There is considerable debate amongst philosophers as to the basic philosophical problem Wittgenstein is attempting to solve in Philosophical Investigations. In this bold and original work, Meredith Williams argues that it is the problem of "normative similarity".

In Blind Obedience Williams demonstrates how Wittgenstein criticizes traditional, representationalist theories of language by employing the 'master/novice' distinction of the learner, arguing that this distinction is often overlooked but fundamental to understanding philosophical problems about mind and language.

The book not only provides revealing discussions of Wittgenstein's corpus but also intricate analyses of the work of Brandom, Dummett, Frege, Sellars, Davidson, Cavell and others. These are usefully compared in a bid to better situate Wittgenstein's non-intellectualist, non-theoretical approach and to highlight is unique features.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135203221
• Artikelnr.: 42982897

Autorenporträt

Meredith Williams

Inhaltsangabe

1. Structure and Content of the Philosophical Investigations 2. Playing the
Game 3. The Domestication of Reference 4. Logical Form and the Paradox of
Thought 5. Meaning and the Paradox of Interpretation 6. Normativity and the
Threat of Regularism 7. Necessity and the Threat of Psychologism 8.The
Paradoxes of Consciousness 9. Concluding Remarks