"Fifty years after the death of Ludwig Wittgenstein, it is clear that his contribution to philosophy will be as important in the twenty–first century as it was in the twentieth. In this volume Hans–Johann Glock has assembled a number of critical essays by distinguished scholars which will make a weighty contribution to the as yet incomplete reception of Wittgenstein. Writing from a variety of standpoints, the authors offer interpretations of the Wittgensteinian canon which range between the traditional and the innovative, but always invite serious consideration, and which offer a re–evaluation of contemporary trends in philosophy in the light of Wittgenstein′s insights."
Anthony Kenny, Pro–Vice–Chancellor, Oxford University
List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations and Primary Sources xxi
1 The Development of Wittgenstein s Philosophy 1 Hans–Johann Glock
2 The So–called Picture Theory: Language and the World in Tractatus Logico–Philosophicus 26 Hidé Ishiguro
3 The Logical System of the Tractatus 47 Howard Mounce
4 Wittgenstein on Intentionality 59 Erich Ammereller
5 Meaning and Understanding 94 Bede Rundle
6 Following a Rule 119 Robert L. Arrington
7 Thinking 138 Oswald Hanfling
8 The Will 156 Stewart Candlish
9 Private Language and Private Experience 174 Severin Schroeder
10 The Inner and the Outer 199 Michel ter Hark
11 Wittgenstein and I 224 David Bakhurst
12 Seeing Aspects 246 Stephen Mulhall
13 Philosophy of Mathematics 268 Pasquale Frascolla
14 Autonomy 289 Hubert Schwyzer
15 Wittgenstein on Scepticism and Certainty 305 A. C. Grayling
16 Philosophy 322 P. M. S. Hacker
17 Ethics, Faith and What Can Be Saved 348 D. Z. Philips
Bibliography 367
Index 374
Hans–Johann Glock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He has been Visiting Professor at Queen′s University, Ontario and a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Bielefeld University. He is author of
A Wittgenstein Dictionary (Blackwell 1996) and
Quine and Davidson (2003); editor of
The Rise of Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell 1997),
Strawson and Kant (2003); and co–editor, with Robert L. Arrington, of
Wittgenstein′s Philosophical Investigations (1991) and
Wittgenstein and Quine (1996).
Exploring all of the central themes of Wittgenstein′s
oeuvre, this volume includes discussion of core topics such as meaning and use, rule following, the picture theory of language and the nature of philosophy. It also contains topics in which Wittgenstein′s influence is becoming more apparent, such as intentionality and ethics. The book provides a wide–ranging collection of newly commissioned essays on Wittgenstein by internationally established philosophers, including Robert L. Arrington, Stewart Candlish, P. M. S. Hacker, Oswald Hanfling, Hidé Ishiguro, Howard Mounce, Bede Rundle and D. Z. Phillips. The introductory essay explains the various perspectives of the contributors and offers an introduction to Wittgenstein′s work and its development.
The essays can profitably be used in conjunction with the selections from Wittgenstein′s work assembled in A. J. P. Kenny′s The Wittgenstein Reader.