Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations / / Brendan Wilson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Wilson, Brendan,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

This book guides the reader through perhaps the single most important philosophical work of the twentieth century - Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. The author presents Wittgenstein's Investigations in a radically new light using short sections to clarify the main arguments, including the famous Private Language Argument. This is accomplished through the author's extremely clear and accessible writing style, bringing a new clarity to a reputedly difficult work. The author demonstrates the continuing importance of Wittgenstein's ideas to contemporary debates in cognitive linguistics and psychology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Private Language -- The Consequences Argument -- The Stage-setting Argument -- The Practice Argument -- T h e Interpretation Argument -- The Identification Argument -- The Verificationist Argument -- The Beetle-in-the-box Argument -- The Use Argument -- Interim Results -- T h e Post'308 Project -- The Improvement Argument -- The Interruption Argument -- The Speed of Thought Argument -- The Pre-existence Argument -- The Co-existence Argument -- The Description Argument -- The Pointing Argument -- The Hypostasis Argument -- The Connection Argument -- The Structure of PI -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Rule-following Considerations -- Bibliography -- Index