Since the middle of the 20th century Ludwig Wittgenstein has been an exceptionally influential and controversial figure wherever philosophy is studied. This is the most comprehensive volume ever published on Wittgenstein: thirty-five leading scholars explore the whole range of his thought, offering critical engagement and original interpretation. Since the middle of the 20th century Ludwig Wittgenstein has been an exceptionally influential and controversial figure wherever philosophy is studied. This is the most comprehensive volume ever published on Wittgenstein: thirty-five leading scholars explore the whole range of his thought, offering critical engagement and original interpretation, and tracing his philosophical development. Topics discussed include logic and mathematics, language and mind, epistemology, philosophicalmethodology, religion, ethics, and aesthetics. Wittgenstein's relation to other founders of analytic philosophy such as Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and G. E. Moore is explored. This Handbook is the place to look for a full understanding of Wittgenstein's special importance to modernphilosophy. INDICE: Part I: Introduction Editors' Introduction Wittgenstein and Biography Part II: Logic and the Philosophy of Mathematics Wittgenstein Reads Russell Assertion, Saying, and Propositional Complexity in Wittgenstein's Tractatus Wittgenstein and Frege Wittgenstein and Infinity Wittgenstein on Mathematics Wittgenstein on Surveyability of Proofs From Logical Method to 'Messing About':Wittgenstein on 'Open Problems' in Mathematics Part III: Philosophy of Language The Proposition's Progress Logical Atomism in Russell and Wittgenstein The Tractatus and the Limits of Sense The Life of the Sign: Rule-Following, Practice, and Agreement Meaning and Understanding Wittgenstein and Idealism Private Language Very General Facts of Nature Part IV: Philosophy of Mind Wittgensteinon the First Person Private Experience and Sense Data Privacy Wittgenstein onAction and the Will Wittgenstein on Criteria and the Problem of Other Minds Wittgenstein on the Experience of Meaning and Secondary Use Part V: Epistemology Wittgenstein on Scepticism Wittgenstein and Moore Wittgenstein on Intuition,Rule-following, and Certainty: Exchanges with Brouwer and Russell Part VI: Method The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy Wittgenstein's Methods Grammar in the Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein's Use of Examples Aspect Perception and Philosophical Difficulty Writing Philosophy as Poetry: Literary Form in Wittgenstein Wittgenstein and the Moral Dimension of Philosophical Problems Part VII: Religion, Aesthetics, Ethics Wittgenstein on Religious Belief Wittgenstein on Aesthetics Wittgenstein and Ethics Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-928750-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
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- Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2011
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