Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
by Brenner, William H.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary
An imaginative and exciting position of themes from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, this book helps readers find their way around the "forest of remarks" that make up this classic. Chapters on language, mind, color, number, God, value, and philosophy develop a major theme: that there are various kinds of language use -- a variety philosophy needs to look at but tends to overlook.
Author Biography
William H. Brenner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Abbreviations | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Thales to Wittgenstein | |
| The Philosophical Investigations | p. 9 |
| Philosophical Investigation | p. 9 |
| Language | p. 12 |
| Pictures of the Essence of Language | p. 12 |
| Logic and Philosophy | p. 23 |
| Following a Rule | p. 32 |
| Mind | p. 42 |
| Sensation | p. 42 |
| Thought | p. 53 |
| Kinaesthesia | p. 77 |
| Aspect Perception | p. 78 |
| Concept Formation | p. 84 |
| The Concept of the Soul | p. 91 |
| Sensation and the Soul | p. 93 |
| Sensations, Beetles, and "Private Language" | p. 93 |
| The Soulless Tribe | p. 100 |
| Color and Number | p. 117 |
| Color Grammar | p. 117 |
| Arithmetic as Grammar | p. 127 |
| God | p. 139 |
| Theology as Grammar | p. 139 |
| Religions, Language, and Ethics | p. 148 |
| Conclusion | p. 157 |
| Philosophy and the Yearning for the Transcendent | p. 157 |
| Bibliography | p. 163 |
| Index to Sections in Philosophical Investigations | p. 171 |
| Index | p. 173 |
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