Wittgenstein

Comparisons and Context

P. M. S. Hacker (St John's College, Oxford)

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English

Oxford University Press
07 November 2013

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; History of ideas

Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context is a collection of P. M. S. Hacker's papers on Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinian themes written over the last decade. It presents Hacker's own (Wittgensteinian) conception of philosophy, and defends it against criticisms. Two essays compare Wittgenstein with Kant on transcendental arguments, and offer a Wittgensteinian critique of Kant's transcendental deduction. Two further essays trace the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology, and examine his anthropological and ethnological approach to philosophical problems. This leads naturally to a synoptic comparison of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language with formal, truth-conditional conceptions of language. A further two clarificatory essays follow these comparative ones: the first concerns Wittgenstein's conception of grammar, and his exclusion of theses, doctrines, dogmas, and opinions in philosophy; the second concerns his treatment of intentionality. The penultimate essay examines Quine's epistemological naturalism, which is often presented as a more scientific approach to philosophical problems than Wittgenstein's. The final essay offers a synoptic view of analytic philosophy and its history, in which Wittgenstein played so notable a part. The volume complements Hacker's previous collection, Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies (OUP, 2001), but stands as an independent contribution to work in the field.

By: P. M. S. Hacker (St John's College Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 221mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9780199674824
ISBN 10: 0199674825
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Original Places of Publication Abbreviations Part I On Method 1: Philosophy: a Contribution not to Human Knowledge but to Human Understanding Part II Comparisons and Clarifications 2: Kant and Wittgenstein: the Matter of Transcendental Arguments 3: Kant's Transcendental Deduction--a Wittgensteinian Critique 4: The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology 5: Wittgenstein's Anthropological and Ethnological Approach 6: Two Conceptions of Language 7: Wittgenstein on Grammar, Theses, and Dogmatism 8: Intentionality and the Harmony between Language and Reality Part III Context 9: Passing by the Naturalistic Turn: on Quine's cul-de-sac 10: Analytic Philosophy--What, Whence and Whither? Index

P. M. S. Hacker is Emeritus Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford. He is author of Insight and Illusion (Clarendon Press, 1972 [2nd revised ed. 1986]), the four-volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, the first two volumes, co-authored with G. P. Baker, of Wittgenstein's Place in Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell, 1980-96), and Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies (OUP, 2001). He has written extensively on philosophy and the neurosciences, most recently Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003), and History of Cognitive Neuroscience (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), co-authored with M. R. Bennett. He is currently writing a three-volume work on human nature, the first volume of which, Human Nature: the Categorial Framework, was published in 2007 (Blackwell). The sequel, Human Nature: the Cognitive and Cogitative Powers, is to be published in 2013.

Reviews for Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context

.. .its previously highlighted strengths clearly recommend this book to the attention not only of students of Wittgenstein but of a wider readership. --Philosophical Quarterly