The world and language in Wittgenstein's philosophy

Author(s)

• Hunnings, Gordon

Bibliographic Information

The world and language in Wittgenstein's philosophy

Gordon Hunnings

Macmillan, 1988

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book examines Wittgenstein's answers to how language hooks onto the world. The author surveys the intellectual journey from the "Tractatus" to the "Philosophical Investigations" including posthumously published material of the middle period.

Table of Contents

Preface - Works by Wittgenstein - The Structure of the World - The Structure of Language - The Picture-Theory of Meaning - Language and the Projection of Reality - From Pictures to Grammar - The Grammar of Mathematics - Philosophical Investigations - Grammar and the World - Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA04557720
• ISBN:
  • 0333428358
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 266 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B3376.W564.L3
  • DC19 : 409/.2/4
  • NDC8 : 801.01
  • NDC8 : 134.9
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Language. Philosophical perspectives. Theories of Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
  • BLSH : Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
  • LCSH : Languages -- Philosophy