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Wittgenstein and the human form of life /

The implications of Wittgenstein's later writings have become one of the major features of the past few years. This text offers a critical interpretation of Wittgenstein's writings and their impact for our ways of thinking.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hanfling, Oswald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Wittgenstein of 'forms of life'
  • PART I. Interpretations of Wittgenstein
  • Questions and answers in Wittgenstein's philosophy
  • What does the private language argument prove?
  • Criteria, conventions, and the problem of other minds
  • Does language need rules?
  • Wittgenstein on the use of 'I know'
  • Was Wittgenstein a sceptic?
  • PART II. Language, art and mind
  • Wittgenstein on language, art, and humanity
  • Wittgenstein and the problem of consciousness
  • Could machines think?
  • Thinking
  • Secondary sense and 'what they have in common'.