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Tim Thornton defends and outlines the key issues of the philosophy of content found in Wittgensteins influential work Philosophical Investigations. He provides a systematic demonstration of Wittgensteins views on linguistic meaning and mental content providing an understanding of how Wittgensteins work relates to modern debates in the philosophy of content. Only this book explains in detail Wittgensteins views on content in the context of contemporary work, including that of Davidson, Rorty, and MacDowell among others.

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title:Wittgenstein On Language and Thought : The Philosophy of Content
author:Thornton, Tim.
publisher:Edinburgh University Press
isbn10 | asin:074861107X
print isbn13:9780748611072
ebook isbn13:9780585060583
language:English
subjectWittgenstein, Ludwig,--1889-1951.--Philosophische Untersuchungen, Content (Psychology) , Thought and thinking, Language and languages.
publication date:1998
lcc:B3376.W563.T46 1998eb
ddc:152.384
subject:Wittgenstein, Ludwig,--1889-1951.--Philosophische Untersuchungen, Content (Psychology) , Thought and thinking, Language and languages.
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Wittgenstein on Language and Thought
The Philosophy of Content
Tim Thornton
Edinburgh University Press
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For Lois, beloved
Tim Thornton, 1998
Edinburgh University Press
22 George Square, Edinburgh
Typeset in 10 1/2 on 12 1/2 pt Goudy by Hewer Text Ltd, Edinburgh, and printed and bound in Great Britain by the University Press, Cambridge
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0 7486 1107 X (hardback)
ISBN 0 7486 0938 5 (paperback)
The right of Tim Thornton to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Contents
Preface
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1 Rival Approaches in the Philosophy of Content
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1 The Pre-philosophical Characteristics of Content
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2 Strategic Choices for the Philosophical Elucidation of Content
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3 The Representationalist Orthodoxy
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4 The Wittgensteinian Alternative
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Further Reading
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2 Wittgenstein's Destructive Criticisms of Explanations of Content
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1 The Connection Between Content and Normativity
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2 Wittgenstein on Linguistic Content
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3 Wittgenstein on Mental Content
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4 The Generality of Wittgenstein's Critical Arguments
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5 Wittgensteinian Arguments Against Representationalism
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Further Reading
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3 Sceptical, Constructivist and Minimalist Interpretations of Wittgenstein
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1 Scepticism
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2 Constructivism
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3 Minimalism
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Further Reading
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4 Wittgenstein and the Theory of Content
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1 Wittgenstein and Theories
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2 Wittgenstein's Account of the Pre-philosophical Characteristics of Content
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