The Routledge Guidebook To Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (the Routledge Guides To The Great Books)

Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential twentieth-century philosophers in the western tradition. In his Philosophical Investigations he undertakes a radical critique of analytical philosophy's approach to both the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. __The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations__ introduces and assesses: * Wittgenstein's life * The principal ideas of the Philosophical Investigations * Some of the principal disputes concerning the interpretation of his work * Wittgenstein's philosophical method and its connection with the form of the text. With further reading included throughout, this guidebook is essential reading for all students of philosophy, and all those wishing to get to grips with this masterpiece. 1 Style And Method 11 -- Introduction 11 -- The Idea Of Grammatical Investigation 14 -- The Rejection Of Philosophical Theories 19 -- Philosophy As Therapy 26 -- '... The Philosophical Problems Should Completely Disappear' 28 -- References And Further Reading 33 -- 2 Wittgenstein's Critique Of Augustine 35 -- Introduction 35 -- 'five Red Apples' 38 -- 'block!', 'pillar!', 'slab!', 'beam!' 44 -- Meaning And Use 56 -- Ostensive Definition 64 -- Everything Lies Open To View 74 -- References And Further Reading 77 -- 3 Rules And Rule-following 78 -- Introduction 78 -- Kripke On Wittgenstein And Rule-following 80 -- Responses To Kripke: Wright Versus Mcdowell 88 -- The Connection Between Meaning And Use 95 -- Meaning And Understanding 102 -- The Connection Between A Rule And Its Application 115 -- The Logical 'must' 126 -- References And Further Reading 132 -- 4 Privacy And Private Language 134 -- Introduction 134 -- The Idea Of A Private Language 137 -- Our Ordinary Sensation Language 143 -- The Private Language Argument 152 -- The Role Of Private Ostensive Definition In Our Ordinary Sensation Language 161 -- References And Further Reading 169 -- 5 The Inner And The Outer 171 -- Introduction 171 -- Pain And Pain-behaviour 176 -- The Idea Of The Private Object 186 -- The Indeterminacy Of Our Psychological Language-game 196 -- Pain Is Not A Something, But Not A Nothing Either 200 -- Criteria 205 -- References And Further Reading 214 -- 6 Intentionality: Thinking, Imagining, Believing 216 -- Introduction 216 -- Thinking 219 -- Thought And Language 223 -- Speaking To Oneself 229 -- Imagining 234 -- 'i Is Not A Name' 238 -- Believing: Moore's Paradox 244 -- References And Further Reading 257 -- 7 Intentionality: Thinking, Expecting, Intending 259 -- Introduction 259 -- Thought: The Harmony Between Thought And Reality 262 -- Thought: Catching Reality In Its Net 266 -- Wishing And Expecting 272 -- Intending 283 -- References And Further Reading 296 -- 8 Seeing And Seeing Aspects 297 -- Introduction 297 -- The Visual Room 301 -- Seeing And Seeing-as 309 -- Seeing And Describing What You See 317 -- References And Further Reading 326. Marie Mcginn. Revised Edition Of: Routledge Philosophy Guidebook To Wittgenstein And The Philosophical Investigations. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 327-333) And Index. Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential 20th-century philosophers in the Western tradition. In his 'Philosophical Investigations' he undertakes a radical critique of analytical philosophy's approach to both the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. This book introduces and assesses Wittgenstein's life, the principal ideas of the 'Philosophical Investigations', some of the principal disputes concerning the interpretation of his work, and much more Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is concerned with two principal topics: the philosophy of language and philosophical psychology.