Wittgenstein on Language and Thought: The Philosophy of Content

by Tim Thornton

Book Overview

This book defends and outlines the key issues surrounding the philosophy of content as demonstrated in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. The text shows how Wittgenstein's critical arguments concerning mind and meaning are destructive of much recent work in the philosophy of thought and language, including the representationalist orthodoxy. These issues are related to the work of Davidson, Rorty and McDowell among others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748609385
• ISBN13: 9780748609383
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher