Taking Wittgenstein at His Word : : A Textual Study / / Robert J. Fogelin.

Taking Wittgenstein at His Word is an experiment in reading organized around a central question: What kind of interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy emerges if we adhere strictly to his claims that he is not in the business of presenting and defending philosophical theses and that hi...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Monographs in Philosophy ; 29
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Conventions for Citations and Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Respecting the Text
  • Part I. Rule-Following and the Conceivability of a Private Language
  • Chapter One. On Following a Rule
  • Chapter Two. The Conceivability of a Private Language
  • Part II. Wittgenstein on the Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Chapter Three. The Status of Mathematical Expressions
  • Chapter Four. Wittgenstein on the Mysteries of Mathematics
  • Chapter Five. Wittgenstein on Logical Consistency
  • Coda
  • Bibliography
  • Index