When words are called for : a defense of ordinary language philosophy /

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A new form of philosophizing known as ordinary language philosophy took root in England after the Second World War, promising a fresh start and a way out of long-standing dead-end philosophical debates. Pioneered by Wittgenstein, Austin, and others, OLP is now widely rumored, within mainstream analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baz, Avner, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Ordinary-language philosophy.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Philosophie du langage ordinaire.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Post-Structuralism.
PHILOSOPHY > Language.
Philosophie der Alltagssprache
Sprachphilosophie
Taalfilosofie.
Philosophie der Alltagssprache.
Sprachphilosophie.
Språkfilosofi.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The basic conflict: an initial characterization
  • The main arguments against ordinary language philosophy
  • Must philosophers rely on intuitions?
  • Contextualism and the burden of knowledge
  • Contextualism, anti-contextualism, and knowing as being in a position to give assurance
  • Conclusion: skepticism and the dialectic of (semantically pure) "knowledge"
  • Epilogue: ordinary language philosophy, Kant, and the roots of antinomial thinking.

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