Zusatztext thorough and wide-ranging explorations ... he is clearly very much in command of his material. Informationen zum Autor Charles Travis is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University, Illinois. Klappentext This book provides a novel interpretation of the ideas about language in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. Travis 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. He elaborates two versions of a private language argument! and shows the consequences of these for current trends in the philosophical theory of meaning. Zusammenfassung An account of Wittgenstein's view of language as expressed in the "Philosophical Investigations". Travis argues that Wittgenstein's view is a radical break with a still-dominant Fregean tradition. On this basis, he gives a treatment of the significance of private language and of themes in the text, such as family resemblance and language games. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Two Pictures of Semantics 2: The Making of Semantic Fact 3: The Uses of Language Games 4: Doubt and Knowledge Ascription 5: The Limits of Doubt 6: Through the Wilderness 7: The Autonomy of Fact-stating 8: The Problems with Private Semantics Bibliography, Index

thorough and wide-ranging explorations ... he is clearly very much in command of his material.

Autorentext
Charles Travis is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University, Illinois.

Klappentext

This book provides a novel interpretation of the ideas about language in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. Travis 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. He elaborates two versions of a private language argument, and shows the consequences of these for current trends in the philosophical theory of meaning.

Zusammenfassung
An account of Wittgenstein's view of language as expressed in the "Philosophical Investigations". Travis argues that Wittgenstein's view is a radical break with a still-dominant Fregean tradition. On this basis, he gives a treatment of the significance of private language and of themes in the text, such as family resemblance and language games.

Inhalt

• 1: Two Pictures of Semantics

• 2: The Making of Semantic Fact

• 3: The Uses of Language Games

• 4: Doubt and Knowledge Ascription

• 5: The Limits of Doubt

• 6: Through the Wilderness

• 7: The Autonomy of Fact-stating

• 8: The Problems with Private Semantics

• Bibliography, Index