Rule-Following and Realism

by Gary Ebbs

Book Overview

Through detailed and trenchant criticism of standard interpretations of some of the key arguments in analytical philosophy over the last sixty years, this book arrives at a new conception of the proper starting point and task of the philosophy of language.

To understand central topics in the philosophy of language and mind, Gary Ebbs contends, we must investigate them from our perspective as participants in shared linguistic practices; but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674005554
• ISBN13: 9780674005556
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"