David G. Stern (University of Iowa)

Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. His book is accessible to readers with no previous background in philosophy. It is well-suited to university-level courses on Wittgenstein, but can also be read with profit by students in other disciplines.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780521814423
• ISBN-10: 0521814421
• Artikelnr.: 21230215

Autorenporträt

David G. Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Wittgenstein on Mind and Language (1995), editor of The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein (1996) and co-editor, with Béla Szabados, of Wittgenstein Reads Weininger: A Reassessment (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Philosophical Investigations §§1-693: an elementary exposition
2. From the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations: two prefaces
3. The opening of the Philosophical Investigations: the motto
4. The critique of referential theories of meaning and the paradox of ostension: §§1-64
5. The critique of rule-based theories of meaning and the paradox of explanation: §§65-133
6. The critique of rule-based theories of meaning and the paradoxes of rule-following: §§134-242
7. The critique of a private language and the paradox of inner ostension: §§243-315
Conclusion.