David Cockburn

Wittgenstein, Human Beings and Conversation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These papers develop, in a critical spirit, themes in Wittgenstein's treatment of mind and language. The approach is distinctive in giving central place to the individual's relations with others in a way that involves detailed attention to the human bodily form and to conversation, and a significant ethical dimension.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9781785279270
• ISBN-10: 1785279270
• Artikelnr.: 61445762

Autorenporträt

David Cockburn Is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at University of Wales, Trinity St David. He is the author of books on philosophy of mind and philosophy of time, and of papers on Wittgenstein, philosophy of mind, time, religion, language and ethics. 

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part One Human Beings
Chapter One The Mind, the Brain and the Face
Chapter Two Commitment to Persons
Chapter Three Deirdre's Smile: Names, Faces and 'the Simple Actuality' of Another
Chapter Four 'Only of a Living Human Being'
Chapter Five Responsibility and Necessity
Part Two Wittgenstein
Chapter Six Meaning, Rules and Conversation
Chapter Seven 'Not Empiricism and Yet Realism'
Chapter Eight 'In the Beginning Was the Deed'
Chapter Nine Rush Rhees: The Reality of Discourse
Part Three Conversation
Chapter Ten Trust in Conversation
Chapter Eleven Ethics and Language: What We Owe to Speakers
Chapter Twelve A Study of Language in Primates
Bibliography
Index.