{"product_id":"wittgensteins-place-in-twentiethcentury-analytic-philosophy-9780631200994","title":"Wittgensteins Place in TwentiethCentury Analytic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Provides unique survey of analytic philosophy* Authoritative assessment of Wittgenstein, his achievements and influence* The culmination of 20 years of scholarship* The epilogue. .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A mojor contribution to the history of analytic philosophy, this substantial volume delivers even more than the title promises\" \u003ci\u003e David G Stern, The Philosophical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 The Background 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The origins of analytic philosophy 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The problem-setting context of the Tractatus 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 The Achievement of the Tractatus 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Unquestioned legacy 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Criticisms of Frege and Russell 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The metaphysical picture of the relation of thought, language and reality 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The positive account of the propositions of logic 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The critique of metaphysics and the conception of future philosophy as analysis 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Impact of the Tractatus: The Vienna Circle 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Vienna Circle 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Philosophy, analysis, and the scientific world-view 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The demolition of metaphysics 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Necessary propositions, conventionalism and consistent empiricism 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The principle of verification 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The unity of science 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 The Inter-war Years: Cambridge and Oxford 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Cambridge between the wars 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Wittgenstein in Cambridge 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Oxford between the wars 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 The Achievement of the Investigations 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The hedgehog and the fox 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The repudiation of analysis 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The nature of philosophy 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Metaphysics 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Philosophy of language and the unity of the Investigations 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Philosophical psychology 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Wittgenstein’s Impact upon Post-war Analytic Philosophy 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Publications and pupils 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Philosophy at Oxford, 1945-70 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Wittgenstein and post-war philosophy at Oxford 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Post-positivism in the United States and Quine’s Apostasy 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The logical positivists in America 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Quine and Wittgenstein: similarity amidst differences 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Quine and logical empiricism: the end of analytic philosophy? 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Quine’s progress 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Quine and Wittgenstein: differences beneath similarities 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 The decline of Analytic Philosophy 228\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The critical backlash 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Criticisms of Wittgenstein 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The aftermath 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 334\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403409072471,"sku":"9780631200994","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631200994.jpg?v=1730483381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wittgensteins-place-in-twentiethcentury-analytic-philosophy-9780631200994","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}