Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language (Continuum Studies in British Philosophy)

The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality, and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by Wittgenstein's conception of rules - in fact strengthens Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally, Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general. A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers into dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally. Cover 1 Contents 6 Preface 8 Abbreviations 11 Introduction 12 1 The Nature of Language: Two Philosophical Traditions 20 2 Gadamer and Wittgenstein: Contrasts and Commonalities 38 3 Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Ontology of Language 60 4 Wittgenstein and the Logics of Language 84 5 ' What has history to do with me?': Language and / as Historicality 108 6 A Competition of Interpretations: Wittgenstein and Gadamer Read Augustine 125 7 Ordinary and Extraordinary Language: the Hermeneutics of the Poetic Word 144 Conclusion 169 Bibliography 172 Index 179 A 179 B 179 C 179 D 179 E 179 F 179 G 179 H 179 I 179 K 179 L 179 M 179 N 179 O 180 P 180 R 180 S 180 T 180 MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Contents 6 Preface 8 Abbreviations 11 Introduction 12 1 The Nature of Language: Two Philosophical Traditions 20 2 Gadamer and Wittgenstein: Contrasts and Commonalities 38 3 Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Ontology of Language 60 4 Wittgenstein and the Logics of Language 84 5 ' What has history to do with me?': Language and / as Historicality 108 6 A Competition of Interpretations: Wittgenstein and Gadamer Read Augustine 125 7 Ordinary and Extraordinary Language: the Hermeneutics of the Poetic Word 144 Conclusion 169 Bibliography 172 Index 179 A 179 B 179 C 179 D 179 E 179 F 179 G 179 H 179 I 179 K 179 L 179 M 179 N 179 O 180 P 180 R 180 S 180 T 180
This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer.
The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject-Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality, and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements-excluded by Wittgenstein's conception of rules-in fact strengthens Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally, Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general.

A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers into dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally.

This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer. The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject--Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality, and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements--excluded by Wittgenstein's conception of rules--in fact strengthens Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally, Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general. A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers into dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally. This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer.The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by Wittgenstein's conception of rules - in fact strengthens Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally, Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general.A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Godamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers into dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally. The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by Wittgenstein's conception of rules - in fact strengthens Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally, Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general.A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers in to dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally.

lawn Examines The Continuing Controversy Between Continental Philosophers And Scholars Who Favor Gadamer And Anglo-americans Who Look To Wittgenstein. He Begins With A Broad Context In Which To Place The Work Of Both, And Describes How Wittgenstein's Later Work Inches Toward Expressivism. He Follows By Comparing The Similarities And Differences Of Both Men In Terms Of Language And Linguistics, Including Such Controversial Issues As Speech Acts And Language Games, Teleology, The Possibility Of Metaphysics, And Historicity. He Examines Gadamer In Terms Of His Philosophical Hermeneutics And Ontology Of Language, Wittgenstein In Terms Of The Logic Of Language, And Both In Terms Of Historicity As A Principle Feature Of Philosophical Hermeneutics. Finally, Lawn Provides Evidence Of His Findings About How The Work Of Wittgenstein And Gadamer Conflict And Also Complement Each Other By Comparing Both Men's Readings Of Augustine And Their Thoughts On The Novelty That Is Poetry. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

"This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer." "The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty." "A groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers into dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more generally."--Jacket