Fogelin Taking Wittgenstein at His Word

A Textual Study
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3157-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 29, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Fogelin, Robert J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Conventions for Citations and Abbreviations xvii

Introduction: Respecting the Text 1

PART I: RULE-FOLLOWING AND THE CONCEIVABILITY OF A PRIVATE LANGUAGE 13

Chapter One: On Following a Rule 15

Chapter Two: The Conceivability of a Private Language 56

PART II: WITTGENSTEIN ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS 79

Chapter Three: The Status of Mathematical Expressions 83

Chapter Four: Wittgenstein on the Mysteries of Mathematics 116

Chapter Five: Wittgenstein on Logical Consistency 139

Coda 167

Bibliography 173

Index 177

Über Autor(innen)

Robert J. Fogelin is professor of philosophy and the Sherman Fairchild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Dartmouth College. His many books include Wittgenstein, Pyrrhonian Reflections on Knowledge and Justification, Walking the Tightrope of Reason, and A Defense of Hume on Miracles (Princeton).