Wittgenstein on language and thought : the philosophy of content /
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| Author / Creator: | Thornton, Tim (Timothy) |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1998. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11103979 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Rival approaches in the philosophy of content ; 1. The pre-philosophical characteristics of content ; 2. Strategic choices for the philosophical elucidation of content ; 3. The representation orthodoxy ; 4. The Wittgensteinian alternative ; Further reading
- 2. Wittgenstein's destructive criticisms of explanations of content ; 1. The connection between content and normativity ; 2. Wittgenstein on linguistic content ; 3. Wittgenstein on mental content ; 4. The generality of Wittgenstein's critical arguments ; 5. Wittgensteinian arguments against representationalism ; Further reading
- 3. Sceptical, constructivist and minimalist interpretations of Wittgenstein ; 1. Scepticism ; 2. Constructivism ; 3. Minimalism ; Further reading
- 4. Wittgenstein and the theory of content ; 1. Wittgenstein and theories ; 2. Wittgenstein's account of the pre-philosophical characteristics of content ; 3. Wittgenstein's theory of content and externalism ; Further reading
- 5. Wittgenstein and Davidson on content ; 1. Davidson's theory of interpretation ; 2. Davidson and Wittgenstein on the distinction between scheme and content ; 3. Davidson and Wittgenstein on the rejection of internal mental objects ; 4. Davidson, Wittgenstein and McDowell on the connection of thought and the world ; Further reading
- 6. Content and causality ; 1. Wittgenstein on physicalism ; 2. Davidson's casual theory of mind ; 3. A non-casual theory of mind? ; 4. An objection to anomalous monism ; 5. Concluding remarks ; Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index.