Friedrich Waismann The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Makovec, Dejan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shapiro, Stewart (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: History of Analytic Philosophy
• Subjects: Language and languages-Philosophy.; Analysis (Philosophy).; Mathematics-Philosophy.; Philosophy of Language.; Analytic Philosophy.; Philosophy of Mathematics.

This edited collection covers Friedrich Waismann's most influential contributions to twentieth-century philosophy of language: his concepts of open texture and language strata, his early criticism of verificationism and the analytic-synthetic distinction, as well as their significance for exper...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction. Dejan Makovec
• Part I: Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle
• 2. Waismann in the Vienna Circle. Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau
• 3. Producing a Justification: Waismann on the Relation Between Ethics and Science. Constantine Sandis
• 4. Friedrich Waismann's Philosophy of Mathematics. Severin Shroeder and Harry Tomany
• 5. Waismann on Belief and Knowledge. Annalisa Coliva
• 6. "How I See Philosophy": An Apple of Discord Among Wittgenstein Scholars. Katherine Morris
• Part II: Philosophy and Language
• 7. Waismann: From Wittgenstein's Tafelrunde to his Writings on Analycity. Gregory Lavers
• 8. Breaking the Spell: Waismann's Papers on the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction. Gillian Russell
• 9. Open Texture and Analyticity. Stewart Shapiro and Craige Roberts
• 10. Linguistic Legislation and Psycholinguistic Experiments: Redeveloping Waismann's Approach. Eugene Fischer
• Part III: Law, Action, Fiction
• 11. Waismann, Wittgenstein, Hart, and Beyond: The Developing Idea of "Open Texture" of Language and Law. Brian H. Bix
• 12. Friedrich Waismann and the Distinctive Logic of Legal Language. Frederick Schauer
• 13. Motives and Interpretations. Ulrike Heuer
• 14. Waismann on Fiction and its Objects. Graham Priest
• 15. "I wanted to hear your judgement":Waismann, Kafka and Wittgenstein on the Power and Powerlessness of Language. Géza Kállay and Katalin G. Kállay.