Must We Mean What We Say?: A Book of Essays (Cambridge Philosophy Classics)

In this classic collection of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell explores a remarkably broad range of philosophical issues from politics and ethics to the arts and philosophy. The essays explore issues as diverse as the opposing approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy, modernism, Wittgenstein, abstract expressionism and Schoenberg, Shakespeare on human needs, the difficulties of authorship, Kierkegaard and post-Enlightenment religion. Presented in a fresh twenty-first century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface, written by Stephen Mulhall, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work is now available for a new generation of readers. Preface to this edition Stephen Mulhall Preface to updated edition of Must We Mean What We Say? Foreword. An audience for philosophy 1. Must we mean what we say? 2. The availability of Wittgenstein's later philosophy 3. Aesthetic problems of modern philosophy 4. Austin at criticism 5. Ending the waiting game: a reading of Beckett's Endgame 6. Kierkegaard's On Authority and Revelation 7. Music discomposed 8. A matter of meaning it 9. Knowing and acknowledging 10. The avoidance of love: a reading of King Lear Thematic index Index of names. Reissued with an additional preface to sit alongside the volume on Stanley Cavell in Contemporary Philosophy in Focus this famous collection of essays covers a remarkably wide range of philosophical issues (there are essays on Wittgenstein, Austin, Kierkegaard, and the philosophy of language) and extends beyond philosophy into discussions of music and drama Stanley Cavell's famous collection of essays includes discussions of issues in a diverse range of topics in philosophy, literature, the arts, politics and ethics, including his interpretation of 'ordinary language philosophy'. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, this influential work is now available to a new generation of readers. Stanley Cavell. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.