{"product_id":"wittgenstein-opening-investigations-hardback-9781118978399","title":"Wittgenstein; Opening Investigations (Hardback) 9781118978399","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWittgenstein\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOpening Investigations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Luntley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118978399, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Despite apparently underplaying the importance of the Tractatusin the genesis of the later philosophy, though, Luntley’s book is a very valuable challenge to any complacency we may feel about how to interpret the opening paragraphs of Wittgenstein’s great unfinished masterpiece.”  (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Quarterly, Advanced Access\u003c\/i\u003e, 18 December 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this provocatively compelling new book, Michael Luntley offers a revolutionary reading of the opening section of Wittgenstein’s \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritically engages with the most recent exegetical literature on Wittgenstein and other state-of-the-art philosophical work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages the re-incorporation of Wittgenstein studies into the mainstream philosophical conversation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHas profound consequences for how we go on to read the rest of Wittgenstein’s major work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes a significant contribution not only to the literature on Wittgenstein, but also to studies in philosophy of language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.1 Things Unravel – A Snapshot xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.2 Four Key Points xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.3 Seeing the Text Aright xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.4 Opening Methodological Remarks xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.5 Outline xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Beginning with §1 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Starting with Augustine 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Three Things in Section 1 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Names are Fundamental 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The Wide Angle View 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 From the Augustinian Conception to Language Games 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Ostensive Definition: The Shape of the Argument 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Ostension and Ostensive Definition 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Two Issues: Metaphysical and Developmental 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Substantive and Commonplace Roles for Ostension 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Wittgenstein’s Use of “Ostensive Definition” 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Wittgenstein on Learning 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Ostensive Definition 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Linguistic Regularity, Grammar and Autonomy 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Regularity and Grammar – Explanations and Travelogs 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Norms, Fitness, Going Up the Garden Path 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Wittgenstein’s Idealism 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Platitudes – From Bold to Modest Realism 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Wittgenstein’s Argument 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Demonstrative Thoughts 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Closing “Oughts” 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Explanations 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Three Claims in §109 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Philosophy can Offer No Explanations 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Insightful Descriptions 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 The Sense of Fit 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix What Happens to the Private Language Argument? 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