Denis McManus (ed.)

Wittgenstein and Scepticism

Herausgegeben:McManus, Denis

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of papers by leading Wittgenstein scholars, explores how Wittgenstein's philosophy has influenced our understanding of scepticism and examines topics in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind and language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU21195
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9780415232913
• ISBN-10: 0415232910
• Artikelnr.: 13780933

Autorenporträt

Denis McManus is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He works on the philosophy of the mind and language, with particular interest in the work of Heidegger.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION, Denis McManus
Chapter 1 WITTGENSTEINIAN CERTAINTIES, Crispin Wright
Chapter 2 SCEPTICISM AND PRAGMATISM, Akeel Bilgrami
Chapter 3 WITTGENSTEIN'S REFUTATION OF IDEALISM, Michael Williams
Chapter 4 VARIETIES OF SCEPTICISM, James Conant
Chapter 5 SOLIPSISM AND SCEPTICISM IN THE TRACTATUS, Denis McManus
Chapter 6 WITTGENSTEIN AND THE QUESTION OF LINGUISTIC IDEALISM, Ilham Dilman
Chapter 7 WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS FOR?, Jane Heal
Chapter 8 UNDERSTANDING SCEPTICISM, Andrea Kern
Chapter 9 LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE OTHER, Edward Minar
Chapter 10 THE EVERYDAY ALTERNATIVE TO SCEPTICISM, Marie McGinn
Chapter 11 SCEPTICISM AND TRAGEDY, Anthony Palmer
Chapter 12 REPLY TO FOUR Chapter S, Stanley Cavell