Wittgenstein on Language and Thought: The Philosophy of Content

This book defends and outlines the key issues surrounding the philosophy of content as demonstrated in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. The text shows how Wittgenstein's critical arguments concerning mind and meaning are destructive of much recent work in the philosophy of thought and language, including the representationalist orthodoxy. These issues are related to the work of Davidson, Rorty and McDowell among others.

Author: Tim Thornton
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 06/01/1998
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780748609383

About the Author

Tim Thornton is based in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick.