Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar (eBook)

Michael N. Forster (Autor)

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2009
264 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-2604-9 (ISBN)

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Michael N. Forster is Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago.

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What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? The later Wittgenstein already addresses these fundamental philosophical questions under the general rubric of "e;grammar"e; and the question of its "e;arbitrariness"e;--and does so with great subtlety. This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. Part I interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized (and otherwise modified) version of Kant's transcendental idealist solution to a puzzle about necessity. It also seeks to reconcile Wittgenstein's seemingly inconsistent answers to the question of whether or not grammar is arbitrary by showing that he believed grammar to be arbitrary in one sense and non-arbitrary in another. Part II focuses on an especially central and contested feature of Wittgenstein's account: a thesis of the diversity of grammars. The author discusses this thesis in connection with the nature of formal logic, the limits of language, and the conditions of semantic understanding or access. Strongly argued and cleary written, this book will appeal not only to philosophers but also to students of the human sciences, for whom Wittgenstein's work holds great relevance.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2009
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
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• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
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• Schlagworte: abductive reasoning • Achilles' heel • agnosticism • Ambiguity • Ambiguity (law) • Analogy • Analytic–synthetic distinction • Anti-realism • arbitrariness • Aristotle • Assertion (software development) • asymmetry • Auto-antonym • Axiom • Axiom of choice • Barry Stroud • Begging the Question • Behaviorism • Calculation • Cantor's Diagonal Argument • Categorical imperative • Causality • Classical Logic • Concept • Conceptual Change • conceptual system • Conflation • Consideration • Contradiction • Controversy • Correspondence theory of truth • Counterargument • Counting • Criticism • critique • Critique of Pure Reason • Deviant logic • Disposition • Doctrine • double negation • Epistemology • Exegesis • Existence • existence of god • Explanation • fallacy • Falsity • Form of life (philosophy) • Frege (programming language) • G. E. Moore • God • grammar • Grammaticality • hermeneutics • Holism • idealism • Illustration • impasse • Impediment (canon law) • Impossibility • infallibility • inference • Instance (computer science) • Intelligibility (communication) • Intelligibility (philosophy) • Intention • Intention (criminal law) • Internality • Jargon • KANTIANISM • Language-game (philosophy) • Law of thought • linguistic competence • Linguistics • Logic • Logical truth • Lytton Strachey • Mathematical Proof • mathematician • Mathematics • Meaning (linguistics) • Measurement • Metaphor • Michael Dummett • Negation • Neglect • Newton's law of universal gravitation • New York University • Nihilism • Nonsense • obscurantism • obstacle • On Certainty • Ostensive definition • Paul Boghossian • Paul Horwich • Peter Hacker • phenomenon • Philosopher • Philosophical investigations • philosophical theory • Philosophy • Philosophy of Language • Philosophy of mind • Platonism • Potentiality and actuality • precondition • Predicate (mathematical logic) • prima facie • Princeton University Press • Principle • Probability • Proposition • Psychologism • Quantity • Quietism (philosophy) • Reality • reason • referent • Relativism • Requirement • result • rhetorical question • Rule of inference • Ruler • Russell's paradox • Saul Kripke • secondary source • simile • skepticism • Special case • subject (philosophy) • Suggestion • theory • Theory of Forms • Theory of Justification • The Philosopher • Thought • Trait Theory • truism • TypeScript • Understanding • vagueness • Verbal Behavior • verificationism • vulnerability • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-2604-7 / 1400826047
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-2604-9 / 9781400826049