Insight and Illusion: Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience (Oxford Paperbacks)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hacker, P.M.S.

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Frege: Logical Excavations

Baker, G. P.

Insight and Illusion's central theme concerns Wittgenstein's metaphysics of experience - self consciousness, knowledge of other minds, and knowledge of objects. Hacker deals with Wittgenstein's general conception of philosophy and metaphysics, which illuminates, and is illuminated by, the examination of his metaphysics of experience. Hacker stresses the Kantian affinities of Wittgenstein's philosophy - both on his earlier and later work. And these subjects are assessed against the backcloth pf Wittgenstein's semantic theories, as these develop from the strict realism of the Tractatus to the constructivist-inspired conventionalism of the Investigations.

Insight and Illusion: Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience

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Insight and illusion: Wittgenstein on philosophy and the metaphysics of experience

Insight and Illusion: Themes in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein

Since the first publication of Insight and Illusion in l972, a wealth of Wittgenstein's writings has become accessible. Accordingly, in this edition Professor Hacker has rewritten six of his eleven original chapters and revised the others to incorporate the new abundant material.Insight and Illusion now fully clarifies the historical backgrounds of Wittgenstein's highly differing masterpices, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and traces the evolution of Wittgenstein's thought. Hacker explains all of Wittgenstein's writings in detail, focusing on his critique of metaphysics, his famous "private language argument," and his account of self consciousness.

Since the first publication of Insight and Illusion in l972, a wealth of Wittgenstein's writings have become accessible. Accordingly, in this edition Professor Hacker has rewritten six of his eleven original chapters and revised the others to incorporate the new abundant material. Insight and Illusion now fully clarifies the historical backgrounds of Wittgenstein's highly different masterpieces, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and traces the evolution of Wittgenstein's thought. Hacker explains all of Wittgenstein's writings in detail, focusing on his critique of metaphysics, his famous "private language argument," and his account of self-consciousness.

Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context is a collection of P. M. S. Hacker's papers on Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinian themes written over the last decade. It presents Hacker's own (Wittgensteinian) conception of philosophy, and defends it against criticisms. Two essays compare Wittgenstein with Kant on transcendental arguments, and offer a Wittgensteinian critique of Kant's transcendental deduction. Two further essays trace the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology, and examine his anthropological and ethnological approach to philosophical problems. This leads naturally to a synoptic comparison of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language with formal, truth-conditional conceptions of language. A further two clarificatory essays follow these comparative ones: the first concerns Wittgenstein's conception of grammar, and his exclusion of theses, doctrines, dogmas, and opinions in philosophy; the second concerns his treatment of intentionality. The penultimate essay examines Quine's epistemological naturalism, which is often presented as a more scientific approach to philosophical problems than Wittgenstein's. The final essay offers a synoptic view of analytic philosophy and its history, in which Wittgenstein played so notable a part. The volume complements Hacker's previous collection, Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies (OUP, 2001), but stands as an independent contribution to work in the field.

Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context

Focusing on diverse aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this volume not only provides a valuable introduction, but also investigates connections between the philosophy of Wittgenstein, other philosophers--in particular, Frege, Frazer, Carnap, and Strawson--and philosophical trends. It also illuminates very different aspects of Wittgenstein's thought, probing into the controversies it stimulates, as well as into its influence.

Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies

Clarendon Press

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Insight and Illusion: Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience (Oxford Paperbacks)

Frege: Logical Excavations

Insight and Illusion: Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience

Insight and illusion: Wittgenstein on philosophy and the metaphysics of experience

Insight and Illusion: Themes in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein

Insight and Illusion: Themes in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context

Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies

Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies

Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context