Wittgenstein and Scepticism

ISBN-13: 9780415653268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 320 str.

Denis McManus

Opis

This collection of essays explores the nature of scepticism and Wittgenstein's approach in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language and epistemology.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION, Denis McManus; Chapter 1 WITTGENSTEINIAN CERTAINTIES, Crispin Wright; Chapter 2 SCEPTICISM AND PRAGMATISM, Akeel Bilgrami; Chapter 3 WITTGENSTEIN'S REFUTATION OF IDEALISM, Michael Williams; Chapter 4 VARIETIES OF SCEPTICISM, James Conant; Chapter 5 SOLIPSISM AND SCEPTICISM IN THE TRACTATUS, Denis McManus; Chapter 6 WITTGENSTEIN AND THE QUESTION OF LINGUISTIC IDEALISM, Ilham Dilman; Chapter 7 WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS FOR?, Jane Heal; Chapter 8 UNDERSTANDING SCEPTICISM, Andrea Kern; Chapter 9 LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE OTHER, Edward Minar; Chapter 10 THE EVERYDAY ALTERNATIVE TO SCEPTICISM, Marie McGinn; Chapter 11 SCEPTICISM AND TRAGEDY, Anthony Palmer; Chapter 12 REPLY TO FOUR Chapter S, Stanley Cavell;

O autorze

Denis McManus is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He works on the philosophy of the mind and language, with particular interest in the work of Heidegger.