Skepticism, rules and private languages:
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Main Author: Werhane, Patricia Hogue 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Atlantic Highlands, NJ u.a. Humanities Press 1992
Edition:1. publ.
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Abstract:Patricia Werhane synthesizes much of later Wittgensteinian thought, bringing together disparate arguments into a coherent text. Keeping in mind what Wittgenstein set out to accomplish in his later writings, the introduction of new material on the private language arguments, and the philosophical significance of these claims, Werhane develops the thesis that the notion of a rule is such a constitutive of language that a private language is impossible. Such a conclusion challenges many contemporary readings of the Philosphical Investigations by bringing into question conventionalism, linguistic relativism, and idealism while defending the thesis that the notion of a private psychological experience makes sense.
Physical Description:XI, 196 S.
ISBN:0391037501