The Rule-Following Paradox and Its Implications for Metaphysics

by Jody Azzouni

Book Overview

This monograph presents Azzouni's new approach to the rule-following paradox. His solution leaves intact an isolated individual's capacity to follow rules, and it simultaneously avoids replacing the truth conditions for meaning-talk with mere assertability conditions for that talk.

Kripke's influential version of Wittgenstein's rule-following paradox-and Wittgenstein's views more generally-on the contrary, make rule-following practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319583360
• ISBN13: 9783319583365
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"