Wittgenstein on the arbitrariness of grammar /

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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 "grammar" and the question of its &qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Forster, Michael N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Grammaire comparée et générale.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Logic.
Grammatica.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • GRAMMAR, ARBITRARINESS, NON-ARBITRARINESS
  • Wittgenstein's conception of grammar
  • The sense in which grammar is arbitrary
  • The sense in which grammar is non-arbitrary
  • Some modest criticisms
  • THE DIVERSITY THESIS
  • Alternative grammars? The case of formal logic
  • Alternative grammars? The limits of language
  • Alternative grammars? The problem of access.

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