| Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Series |
Continuum Studies in British Philosophy |
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Continuum studies in British philosophy.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Nature of Language: Two Philosophical Traditions; 2 Gadamer and Wittgenstein: Contrasts and Commonalities; 3 Gadamer''s Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Ontology of Language; 4 Wittgenstein and the Logics of Language; 5 '' What has history to do with me?'': Language and / as Historicality; 6 A Competition of Interpretations: Wittgenstein and Gadamer Read Augustine; 7 Ordinary and Extraordinary Language: the Hermeneutics of the Poetic Word; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T |
| Summary |
The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein''s account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer''s philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by Wittgenstein''s conception of rules - in fact strengthens Wittgenstein''s position from a her |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002
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| SUBJECT |
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002 fast |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 fast |
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441199102 |
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1441199101 |
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