Wittgenstein, Mind and Meaning: Towards a Social Conception of Mind

by Meredith Williams

Book Overview

Wittgenstein, Mind and Meaning offers a provocative re-reading of Wittgenstein's later writings on language and mind, and explores the tensions between Wittgenstein's ideas and contemporary cognitivist conceptions of the mental. This book addresses both Wittgenstein's later works as well as contemporary issues in philosophy of mind. It provides fresh insight into the later Wittgenstein and raises vital questions about the foundations of cognitivism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415287561
• ISBN13: 9780415287562
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary