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Author Wilson, Sean, 1967- author

Title New critical thinking : what Wittgenstein offered / Sean Wilson
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

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Description xxv, 171 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Was Wittgenstein a charlatan? -- What made Wittgenstein special -- Why does it matter -- Word sense -- Meaning is use -- Task-functions -- Picturing -- Therapy -- Meaning and intent -- Definition and false dispute -- Designation and specimen -- Conceptual investigation -- Aspect and framing -- Connoisseurship and ethics -- Religion
Summary "This book is the first clear and unproblematic account of Ludwig Wittgenstein's method and its consequences for good thinking. It has radical implications for conceptual investigation, analysis, value judgment, political ideology, ethics, and even religion"--
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 -- Influence.
Critical thinking.
LC no. 2018038557
ISBN 9781498583596 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1498583598 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
(electronic publication)