Eugen Fischer

Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy

Outline of a Philosophical Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy develops a novel account of the nature and genesis of philosophical problems. This account vindicates a revolutionary reorientation of philosophical work: the project of philosophical therapy pioneered by Ludwig Wittgenstein. With the help of concepts adapted from different branches of cognitive science (cognitive linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology), the book explains where and why therapy is called for in philosophy, and develops techniques to actually carry it out.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9780415331791
• ISBN-10: 041533179X
• Artikelnr.: 22578931

Autorenporträt

Eugen Fischer, BPhil, DPhil (Oxford), is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Linguistic Creativity: Exercises in Philosophical Therapy (2000) and has co-edited Wittgenstein at Work: Method in the Philosophical Investigations (Routledge 2004, paperback 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Some Perplexing Discoveries Part 1: Philosophical Pictures
1. Philosophical Pictures: The Birth of 'The Mind' 2. Through Pictures to
Problems: Minds and Bodies 3. Pictures' Effects: From 'Secondary Qualities'
to 'Perceptions' Part 2: Philosophical Delusions 4. The Power of Pictures:
Berkeley's Approach 5. Self-Perpetuating Absurdity: Berkeley Defends
'Perceptions' 6. Philosophical Delusions: Ayer Reinvents 'Perceptions'
Part 3: Therapeutic Philosophy 7. Two Turns: A New Vision of Philosophy 8.
Linguistic Analysis as Therapy: Austin on 'Perceptions' 9. Self-Reflection
as Therapy: Wittgenstein on Understanding