Social inquiry after Wittgenstein & Kuhn : leaving everything as it is /

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John G. Gunnell argues that a distinctive feature of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work after 1930 was his turn to a conception of philosophy as a form of social inquiry and that Thomas Kuhn's approach to the philosophy of science exemplified this conception. He further contends that their work ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gunnell, John G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Kuhn, Thomas S. > (Thomas Samuel), > 1922-1996.
Kuhn, Thomas S. > (Thomas Samuel), > 1922-1996
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Reference.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Social sciences > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Thomas Kuhn and the Shadow of Wittgenstein; 2. Wittgenstein and Social Theory; 3. Mind, Meaning, and Interpretation; 4. Investigating the Investigations; 5. Conventional Objects, Concepts, and the Practice of Interpretation; 6. Interpreting Science: Kuhn as a Social Theorist; 7. Wittgenstein on the Moon: Certainty, Truth, and Value; References; Index.

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