The Uses of Sense: Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language
Author:   Charles Travis (Professor of PhilosophyNorthwestern University, Illinois., Professor of PhilosophyNorthwestern University, Illinois.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198249429


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   09 March 1989
Format:   Hardback
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This book provides a novel interpretation of the ideas about language in Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations'. In particular, the author places the 'private language argument' in the context of wider themes in the Investigations, and thereby develops a picture of what it is for words to bear the meaning they do. Travis elaborates two versions of a private language argument, and shows the consequences of these for current trends in the philosophical theory of meaning.

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Author:   Charles Travis (Professor of PhilosophyNorthwestern University, Illinois., Professor of PhilosophyNorthwestern University, Illinois.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.715kg
ISBN:  

9780198249429


ISBN 10:   019824942
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   09 March 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Two pictures of semantics; The making of semantic fact; The uses of language games; Doubt and knowledge ascription; The limits of doubt; Through the wilderness; The autonomy of fact-stating; The problems with private semantics

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'thorough and wide-ranging explorations ... he is clearly very much in command of his material' Bede Rundle, Trinity College, Oxford, Mind 'Charles Travis's The Uses of Sense offers a novel reading of Wittgenstein's philosophy of language. Travis's discussion is detailed, extensive, and supported by frequent commentary on current Wittgenstein scholarship.' Review of Metaphysics


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