Wittgenstein And Early Analytic Semantics
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Wittgenstein And Early Analytic Semantics
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Author : James Connelly
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2015-12-16
Wittgenstein And Early Analytic Semantics written by James Connelly and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-16 with Philosophy categories.
This book assesses the respective prospects of two competing methodological approaches to the study of meaning and communication, as well truth and inference, each figuring prominently within the analytic tradition of philosophy of language. The first, ‘logistical’ approach is characterized by the employment of de-compositional logical analysis designed to resolve various theoretically problematic semantic and logical puzzles.The representative proponents of this approach are the three great early analytic philosophers (Frege, Russell, and the early Wittgenstein). The second, ‘phenomenological’ approach, by contrast, instead advocates careful inspection and detailed description of our actual linguistic practices, along with general features of the ordinary circumstances, and lived experiences, in which they are situated. The aim of such description is then to dissolve the aforementioned puzzles by showing them to derive from key misunderstandings of these practices and circumstances. The principle proponent here is the later Wittgenstein. Expanding upon the work of the later Wittgenstein, this book argues that considerations regarding the nature of following a rule, and deriving from the impossibility of private languages, decisively recommend the phenomenological over the logistical methodology, in particular because these considerations demand that we identify linguistic meanings with the disciplined uses of words within public, and proto-typically social, linguistic practices.
Wittgenstein And Early Analytic Semantics
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Author : James Connelly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Wittgenstein And Early Analytic Semantics written by James Connelly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Language and languages categories.
Diversity of perspective, whether it be social, cultural, or historical in nature, poses serious challenges to any philosophy of language which hopes to accommodate the notion that linguistic meanings can both be objective (and so sustain important distinctions between correctness and incorrectness, truth and falsity), while nevertheless accounting for successful communication across contexts of utterance. In this dissertation, the goal will be to assess the respective prospects of two distinct methodological approaches to the study of semantic content (each figuring prominently within the history of analytic philosophy) as approaches to these aforementioned challenges. The first of these, which I refer to as the 'logistical' approach, is characterized by the employment of technical, function-theoretic, logical analysis designed to resolve semantic puzzles which emerge characteristically in connection with a set of broadly 'classical realist' metaphysical and semantic assumptions. Such assumptions would include, for instance, that the meanings of words are to be identified with cognitive, external, or abstract Platonic objects. The principle though not exclusive proponents of this approach are the three great early analytic philosophers (that is Frege, Russell, and the early Wittgenstein). The second of the two approaches, which I term the 'phenomenological,' advocates, by contrast, careful inspection and detailed description of our actual linguistic practices, along with general features of the circumstances in which they are situated, the aim of such description being to dissolve the aforementioned puzzles by showing them to derive from key misunderstandings of these practices and circumstances (including those emblematic of 'classical realism' and alluded to above). The principle proponent here is the later Wittgenstein. Expanding upon the work of Wittgenstein, I argue that considerations related to the nature of rule-following and private language decisively recommend the latter methodology over the former, in particular because these considerations demand that we identify linguistic meanings with the disciplined uses of words within proto-typically social linguistic practices. I then in turn attempt to apply the recommended methodology to an interrelated set of problems prominent within the analytic tradition of philosophical semantics, pertaining in particular to singular terms, concepts, propositions, content ascriptions, semantic normativity, and truth.
From Frege To Wittgenstein
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Author : Erich H. Reck
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2001-12-20
From Frege To Wittgenstein written by Erich H. Reck and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-20 with Philosophy categories.
Analytic philosophy--arguably one of the most important philosophical movements in the twentieth century--has gained a new historical self-consciousness, particularly about its own origins. Between 1880 and 1930, the most important work of its founding figures (Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein) not only gained attention but flourished. In this collection, fifteen previously unpublished essays explore different facets of this period, with an emphasis on the vital intellectual relationship between Frege and the early Wittgenstein.
The Dawn Of Analysis
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Author : Scott Soames
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2005-01-30
The Dawn Of Analysis written by Scott Soames and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-30 with Philosophy categories.
This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary truth, and (2) gradual acceptance of the idea that philosophical speculation must be grounded in sound prephilosophical thought. Though Soames views this history in a positive light, he also illustrates the difficulties, false starts, and disappointments endured along the way. As he engages with the work of his predecessors and contemporaries--from Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Donald Davidson and Saul Kripke--he seeks to highlight their accomplishments while also pinpointing their shortcomings, especially where their perspectives were limited by an incomplete grasp of matters that have now become clear. Soames himself has been at the center of some of the tradition's most important debates, and throughout writes with exceptional ease about its often complex ideas. His gift for clear exposition makes the history as accessible to advanced undergraduates as it will be important to scholars. Despite its centrality to philosophy in the English-speaking world, the analytic tradition in philosophy has had very few synthetic histories. This will be the benchmark against which all future accounts will be measured.
The Cambridge History Of Philosophy 1945 2015
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Author : Kelly Becker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-11-21
The Cambridge History Of Philosophy 1945 2015 written by Kelly Becker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with Philosophy categories.
This landmark achievement in philosophical scholarship brings together leading experts from the diverse traditions of Western philosophy in a common quest to illuminate and explain the most important philosophical developments since the Second World War. Focusing particularly (but not exclusively) on those insights and movements that most profoundly shaped the English-speaking philosophical world, this volume bridges the traditional divide between 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy while also reaching beyond it. The result is an authoritative guide to the most important advances and transformations that shaped philosophy during this tumultuous and fascinating period of history, developments that continue to shape the field today. It will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary philosophy of all levels and will prove indispensable for any serious philosophical collection.
Wittgenstein A Very Short Introduction
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Author : A. C. Grayling
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2001-02-22
Wittgenstein A Very Short Introduction written by A. C. Grayling and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-22 with Philosophy categories.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original philospher, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself. In this book, which aims to make Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general non-specialist reader, A. C. Grayling explains the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Analytic Turn
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Author : Michael Beaney
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-12-22
The Analytic Turn written by Michael Beaney and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-22 with Philosophy categories.
This collection, with contributions from leading philosophers, places analytic philosophy in a broader context comparing it with the methodology of its most important rival tradition in twentieth-century philosophy--phenomenology, whose development parallels the development of analytic philosophy in many ways. The Analytic Turn will be of great interest to historians of philosophy generally, analytic philosophers, and phenomenologists.
Race Gender And The History Of Early Analytic Philosophy
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Author : Matt LaVine
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2020-06-15
Race Gender And The History Of Early Analytic Philosophy written by Matt LaVine and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with Philosophy categories.
Although what we now call “analytic philosophy” has been around at least since the turn of the twentieth century, it wasn’t until the latter half of the twentieth century that it became the dominant mode of philosophizing in the Western world. In Race, Gender, and the History of Early Analytic Philosophy, Matt LaVine argues that the changes associated with this shift from early analytic philosophy, a revolutionary movement, to later analytic philosophy, the hegemon, have not been sufficiently recognized. While a significant portion of the analytic philosophy of the late 1900s was apolitical and conservative, LaVine argues that there is much to gain by thinking of early analytic philosophy in relation to liberatory and emancipatory political aims. In particular, there is great potential in bringing together inquiry into critical theories of race and gender with inquiry into analytic philosophy. LaVine supports this idea by discussing the philosophy of language and logic in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement, the objectification of women, and more. Furthermore, LaVine argues there is more precedent for this type of work in the history of early analytic philosophy—in particular, in the work of G.E. Moore, Susan Stebbing, Rudolf Carnap, and Ruth Barcan Marcus—than is traditionally recognized.
Russell
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Russell written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Kant And The Foundations Of Analytic Philosophy
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Author : Robert Hanna
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2001-01-04
Kant And The Foundations Of Analytic Philosophy written by Robert Hanna and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-04 with Philosophy categories.
Robert Hanna presents a fresh view of the Kantian and analytic traditions that have dominated continental European and Anglo-American philosophy over the last two centuries, and of the relation between them. The rise of analytic philosophy decisively marked the end of the hundred-year dominance of Kant's philosophy in Europe. But Hanna shows that the analytic tradition also emerged from Kant's philosophy in the sense that its members were able to define and legitimate their ideas only by means of an intensive, extended engagement with, and a partial or complete rejection of, the Critical Philosophy. Hanna's book therefore comprises both an interpretative study of Kant's massive and seminal Critique of Pure Reason, and a critical essay on the historical foundations of analytic philosophy from Frege to Quine. Hanna considers Kant's key doctrines in the Critique in the light of their reception and transmission by the leading figures of the analytic tradition--Frege, Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, and Quine. But this is not just a study in the history of philosophy, for out of this emerges Hanna's original approach to two much-contested theories that remain at the heart of contemporary philosophy. Hanna puts forward a new 'cognitive-semantic' interpretation of transcendental idealism, and a vigorous defence of Kant's theory of analytic and synthetic necessary truth. These will make Kant and the Foundations of Analytic Philosophy compelling reading not just for specialists in the history of philosophy, but for all who are interested in these fundamental philosophical issues.