In this Beginner's Guide, Peter Hacker introduces the later philosophy of Wittgenstein in a lively and engaging combination of lectures and dialogues that presupposes no philosophical knowledge. He examines such topics as the nature of language and linguistic meaning, the analysis of necessity and its roots in convention, the relation of thought and language, the nature of the mind and its relation to behaviour, self-consciousness, and knowledge of other minds. This unique form of introduction will capture the interest of all readers with an enquiring mind.
In this Beginner's Guide, Peter Hacker introduces the later philosophy of Wittgenstein in a lively and engaging combination of lectures and dialogues that presupposes no philosophical knowledge. He examines such topics as the nature of language and linguistic meaning, the analysis of necessity and its roots in convention, the relation of thought and language, the nature of the mind and its relation to behaviour, self-consciousness, and knowledge of other minds. This unique form of introduction will capture the interest of all readers with an enquiring mind.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
P.M.S. Hacker is the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. He has specialized in philosophy of cognitive neuroscience. He has written a tetralogy on human nature.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Augustine's Picture of Language and the Referential Conception of Linguistic Meaning 3 Names and Their Meaning, Sentences and Descriptions 4 Meaning and Use, Understanding and Interpreting 5 Ostensive Definition and Family Resemblance: Undermining the Foundations and Destroying the Essences 6 Metaphysics, Necessity and Grammar 7 Thought and Language 8 The Private Language Arguments 9 Private Ownership of Experience 10 Epistemic Privacy of Experience 11 Private Ostensive Definition 12 My Mind and Other Minds 13 The Inner and the Outer - Behaviour and Behaviourism 14 'Only of a Human Being and What Behaves like a Human Being ...': The Mereological Fallacy and Cognitive Neuroscience 15 Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy - I 16 Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy - II 17 Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy - III Abbreviations Further Reading Index
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Augustine's Picture of Language and the Referential Conception of Linguistic Meaning 3 Names and Their Meaning, Sentences and Descriptions 4 Meaning and Use, Understanding and Interpreting 5 Ostensive Definition and Family Resemblance: Undermining the Foundations and Destroying the Essences 6 Metaphysics, Necessity and Grammar 7 Thought and Language 8 The Private Language Arguments 9 Private Ownership of Experience 10 Epistemic Privacy of Experience 11 Private Ostensive Definition 12 My Mind and Other Minds 13 The Inner and the Outer - Behaviour and Behaviourism 14 'Only of a Human Being and What Behaves like a Human Being ...': The Mereological Fallacy and Cognitive Neuroscience 15 Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy - I 16 Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy - II 17 Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy - III Abbreviations Further Reading Index
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