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Author Danford, John W.

Title Wittgenstein and political philosophy : a reexamination of the foundations of social science / John W. Danford
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1978

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Description xiv, 265 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Hobbes: the new political science and its dependence on language. -- Language, signification, and meaning in Hobbes and Locke. -- Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations: a critique of the commonsense notion of language. -- Wittgenstein's account of meaning. -- Aristotle's Ethics: the place of classical political science. -- Plato's Meno: the method of classical political science. -- Wittgenstein and political philosophy
Analysis Aristotle Nicomachean ethics
Hobbes, Thomas
Language and languages Philosophy
Languages Philosophy
Locke, John
Plato Meno
Political science Methodology
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Language
Politics Philosophical perspectives Implications of theories of philosophy of language of Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1895-1951
Notes Includes index
Originally presented as the author's thesis
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 243-255
Subject Aristotle. Ethica
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics.
Plato. Meno.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Political and social views.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Political science -- Methodology.
Political science.
LC no. 78006716
ISBN 0226135934