Lars Hertzberg

Wittgenstein and the Life We Live with Language

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Produktbeschreibung

This work is guided by the idea that Wittgenstein's thought opens the door to a more profound break with the philosophical tradition than has been generally recognized. It brings this insight to bear on some basic problems of philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781839983610
• ISBN-10: 1839983612
• Artikelnr.: 62752318

Autorenporträt

Lars Hertzberg is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Attending to the Actual Sayings of Things
2. The Sense Is Where You Find It
 3. On Excluding Contradictions from Our Language
4. How Do Sentences Do It?
5. On the Need for a Listener and Community Standards
6. 'It Says What It Says'
7. Ethics as We Talk It
8. Moral Escapism and Applied Ethics
9. Very General Facts of Nature
10. Reasons to Be Good?
11. The Importance of Being Thoughtful
12. What's in a Smile?
13. On Aesthetic Reactions and Changing One's Mind
Index.