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Wittgenstein and Gadamer : Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language.

The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein''s account of linguistic r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawn, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007.
Colección:Continuum studies in British philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein''s account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer''s philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by Wittgenstein''s conception of rules - in fact strengthens Wittgenstein''s position from a her.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (180 pages)
ISBN:9781441199102
1441199101