Wittgenstein on language and thought : the philosophy of content /: the philosophy of content. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tim Thornton.
• Authors: Thornton, Tim (Timothy)
• Contents: Preface -- 1. Rival approaches in the philosophy of content ; 1. The pre-philosophical characteristics of content ; 2. Strategic choices for the philosophical elucidation of content ; 3. The representation orthodoxy ; 4. The Wittgensteinian alternative ; Further reading -- 2. Wittgenstein's destructive criticisms of explanations of content ; 1. The connection between content and normativity ; 2. Wittgenstein on linguistic content ; 3. Wittgenstein on mental content ; 4. The generality of Wittgenstein's critical arguments ; 5. Wittgensteinian arguments against representationalism ; Further reading -- 3. Sceptical, constructivist and minimalist interpretations of Wittgenstein ; 1. Scepticism ; 2. Constructivism ; 3. Minimalism ; Further reading -- 4. Wittgenstein and the theory of content ; 1. Wittgenstein and theories ; 2. Wittgenstein's account of the pre-philosophical characteristics of content ; 3. Wittgenstein's theory of content and externalism ; Further reading -- 5. Wittgenstein and Davidson on content ; 1. Davidson's theory of interpretation ; 2. Davidson and Wittgenstein on the distinction between scheme and content ; 3. Davidson and Wittgenstein on the rejection of internal mental objects ; 4. Davidson, Wittgenstein and McDowell on the connection of thought and the world ; Further reading -- 6. Content and causality ; 1. Wittgenstein on physicalism ; 2. Davidson's casual theory of mind ; 3. A non-casual theory of mind? ; 4. An objection to anomalous monism ; 5. Concluding remarks ; Further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages)
• Subjects: 160; Semantics (Philosophy); Language and languages -- Philosophy; Meaning (Philosophy); PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology; PHILOSOPHY / Criticism; Language and languages -- Philosophy; Meaning (Philosophy); Semantics (Philosophy); Semantiek; Denken; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474473248; 1474473245
• Related ISBNs: 9780748611072; 074861107X; 9780748609383; 0748609385
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.
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