{"product_id":"wittgensteins-philosophical-investigations-a-critical-guide-paperback-9781107641754","title":"Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations; A Critical Guide (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107641754","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Guide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume challenges our understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy on well-known themes like thought and intentionality, and language games.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArif Ahmed (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107641754, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 May 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePublished 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Arif Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e 1. From referentialism to human action: the Augustinian theory of language Robert Hanna\u003cbr\u003e 2. What's doing? Activity, naming and Wittgenstein's response to Augustine Michael Luntley\u003cbr\u003e 3. Measure for measure? Wittgenstein on language-game criteria and the Paris standard metre bar Dale Jacquette\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wittgenstein on family resemblance concepts Michael Forster\u003cbr\u003e 5. Wittgenstein on concepts Hans-Johann Glock\u003cbr\u003e 6. Wittgenstein vs contextualism Jason Bridges\u003cbr\u003e 7. Wittgenstein and the linguistic turn Richard Rorty\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rorty's Wittgenstein Paul Horwich\u003cbr\u003e 9. Are meaning, understanding, etc. definite states? John McDowell\u003cbr\u003e 10. Another strand in the private language argument David Stern\u003cbr\u003e 11. Deductive inference and aspect perception Arif Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e 12. Remembering intentions William Child\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001555570968,"sku":"9781107641754","price":25.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107641754i_e00d5c08-e36f-430b-88a0-6169d5288e7a.jpg?v=1696781077","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wittgensteins-philosophical-investigations-a-critical-guide-paperback-9781107641754","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}