Wittgenstein on Philosophy, Objectivity, and Meaning

Provides new interpretations and applications of Wittgenstein's philosophy in relation to fundamental issues in contemporary theoretical debates.

James Conant (Edited by), Sebastian Sunday (Edited by)

9781316645406, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 May 2021

310 pages, 1 table
22.9 x 15 x 1.7 cm, 0.47 kg

This volume of new essays presents groundbreaking interpretations of some of the most central themes of Wittgenstein's philosophy. A distinguished group of contributors demonstrates how Wittgenstein's thought can fruitfully be applied to contemporary debates in epistemology, metaphilosophy and philosophy of language. The volume combines historical and systematic approaches to Wittgensteinian methods and perspectives, with essays providing detailed analysis that will be accessible to students as well as specialists. The result is a rich and illuminating picture of a key figure in twentieth-century philosophy and his continuing importance to philosophical study.

1. Anatomy of a muddle: Wittgenstein and philosophy Alexander George
2. Explaining what we mean Julia Tanney
3. Objectivity Alice Crary
4. The methodological significance of intuitions in philosophy Oskari Kuusela
5. Wittgenstein on 'seeing meanings' Katherine J. Morris
6. Bringing the phenomenal world into view Avner Baz
7. First steps and conceptual creativity Michael Beaney
8. Wittgenstein and analytic revisionism Martin Gustafsson
9. Demystifying meaning in Horwich and Wittgenstein Silver Bronzo
10. What is meaning? A Wittgensteinian answer to an un-Wittgensteinian question Hans-Johann Glock
11. Meaning, use, and supervenience William Child
12. Some Socratic aspects of Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy James Conant.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF]