Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations An Attempt at a Critical Rationalist Appraisal /

• Main Author: Agassi, Joseph (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 401
• Subjects: Analysis (Philosophy).; Mathematical logic.; Semantics.; Analytic Philosophy.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

This book collects 13 papers that explore Wittgenstein's philosophy throughout the different stages of his career. The author writes from the viewpoint of critical rationalism. The tone of his analysis is friendly and appreciative yet critical. Of these papers, seven are on the background to th...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Background
• Chapter 2. A History of Anti-Metaphysics
• Chapter 3. The waning of essentialism
• Chapter 4. Logic and Mathematics
• Chapter 5. Logic and Language
• Chapter 6. Frege
• Chapter 7. Russell
• Chapter 8. Young Wittgenstein
• Chapter 9. Interim period: Carnap versus Popper
• Chapter 10. Ordinary Language Analysis
• Chapter 11. The Message of Philosophical Investigations
• Chapter 12. Analysis of Analysis
• Chapter 13. Conclusion: The Place of Wittgenstein
• References
• Index of Names.