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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wettstein, Howard K. Magic prism. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)607064215 |
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| Named Person: | Ludwig Wittgenstein; Gottlob Frege; Bertrand Russell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Bertrand Russell; Saul A Kripke; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Gottlob Frege |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Howard K Wettstein |
| ISBN: | 0195160525 9780195160529 0195313283 9780195313284 |
| OCLC Number: | 51810445 |
| Description: | x, 241 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- 1. Two fundamental problems : Frege's classical approach -- 2. Russell (and more Frege) -- 3. Revolution in the philosophy of language -- 4. Supplanting linguistic Cartesianism -- 5. A father of the revolution -- 6. The puzzles : informative identity -- 7. Essentialism about meaning : empty names -- 8. Bringing belief down to Earth : part 1 -- 9. Bringing belief down to Earth : part 2 -- 10. Whither propositions? -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Howard Wettstein. |
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<br>"Wettstein proposes to dissolve these puzzles by showing that our capacity to talk about things is ultimately mundane and bereft of mystery. His book is thus a unique attempt to combine a sophisticated historical and substantive discussion of reference with a loosely speaking Wittgensteinian perspective on language and Wittgensteinians have much to learn from the result. Wettstein is also one of those increasingly rare mainstream analytic philosophers to speak with a voice which is distinctive without being obtrusive, and to display how even highly r cherch debates can profit from the occaisonal input of common sense and wisdom. Wettstein has provided a highly illuminating and thought-provoking anthropology of our practice of using words to refer to things. It provides the perfect antidote to the widespread tendency of distorting this practice because of theoretical fancies and l'art pour l'art technicalitites."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews<p><br> Read more...
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- Language and languages -- Philosophy.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Frege, Gottlob, -- 1848-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Russell, Bertrand, -- 1872-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951 -- Et la philosophie du langage.
- Langage et langues -- Philosophie.
- Taalfilosofie.
- Russell, Bertrand.
- Kripke, Saul A.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
- Frege, Gottlob.
- Sprachphilosophie.
