The Claims of Common Sense: Moore, Wittgenstein, Keynes and the Social Sciences - Couverture rigide

Coates, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521412560 ISBN 13 : 9780521412568

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

178 pages. Bon état Couv. convenable Intérieur frais In-8 Carré Relié Moore, Wittgenstein, Keynes and the Social sciences.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Claims of Common Sense investigates the importance of ideas developed by Cambridge philosophers between the World Wars for the social sciences concerning common sense, vague concepts and ordinary language. John Coates examines the thought of Moore, Ramsey, Wittgenstein and Keynes, and traces their common drift away from early beliefs about the need for precise concepts and a canonical notation in analysis. He argues that Keynes borrowed from Wittgenstein and Ramsey their reappraisal of vague concepts, and developed the novel argument that when analysing something as complex as social reality, theory might be simplified by using concepts which lack sharp boundaries. Coates then contrasts this conclusion with the view shared by two contemporary philosophical paradigms - formal semantics and Continental post-structuralism - that the vagueness of ordinary language inevitably leads to interpretive indeterminacy. Developing a link between Cambridge philosophy and work on complexity, vague predicates and fuzzy logic, he argues that Wittgenstein's and Keynes's ideas on the economy of ordinary language present a mediating route for the social sciences between these philosophical paradigms.

Revue de presse :

"John Coates's The Claims of Common Sense: Moore, Wittgenstein, Keynes and the social sciences is a very ambitious book." David R. Amdrews, Review of Social Economy

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521412560
• ISBN 13: 9780521412568
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 196