Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse - Couverture rigide

Rhees, Rush

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521622611 ISBN 13 : 9780521622615

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Four years after the publication of Wittgenstein's Investigations, Rush Rhees began writing critical reflections on the masterpiece he had helped to edit. In this edited collection of his previously unpublished writings, Rhees argues, contra Wittgenstein, that although language lacks the unity of a calculus it is not simply a family of language games. The unity of language is found in its dialogical character. It is in this context that we say something, and grow in understanding: notions not captured in Wittgenstein's emphasis on language games, following rules, and using language. Rhees develops Wittgenstein's notion that to imagine a language is to image a form of life, without suggesting that we are all engaged in an all-inclusive conversation. The result is not only a major contribution to Wittgenstein scholarship, but an original discussion of central philosophical questions concerning the possibility of discourse.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Four years after the publication of Ludwig Wittgenstein s Philosophical Investigations, Rush Rhees, one of Wittgenstein s literary executors and closest friends, began writing reflections on the masterpiece he had helped to edit. In this collection of his previously unpublished writings, Rhees offers an original critique of Wittgenstein s analogy between language and games. The volume constitutes a major contribution not only to Wittgenstein scholarship, but also to philosophical debates about the possibility of discourse, and to why conversation is central to that possibility.

For the second edition, D.Z. Phillips has inserted as a preface Rhees article, The Fundamental Problems of Philosophy , first published in 1994. This paper gives a clear picture of Rhees view of the distinctive nature of philosophical questions and of the character shown in a deep pursuit of them. Secondly, Phillips has included as an additional appendix, some of Rhees reflections on Wittgenstein, his teacher. The book s index has also been enhanced.

Biographie de l'auteur

Author Biography

Rush Rhees (1905–1989) taught philosophy at the University of Swansea from 1940 to 1966, where he was subsequently made an Honorary Professor and Fellow. Among his principal teachers he included Alfred Kastil, John Anderson, G.E. Moore and, above all, Ludwig Wittgenstein. He was one of Wittgenstein s literary executors and closest friends, as well as being an outstanding philosopher in his own right.

Editor Biography

D.Z. Phillips was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus at the University of Wales, Swansea and Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. He was also Director of the Rush Rhees Archive, Swansea and the Associated Centre for Wittgensteinian Studies. He co–edited Wittgenstein: Attention to Particulars (1989), a collection in Rhees′ honour, and was the editor of seven of Rhees works published posthumously.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521622611
• ISBN 13: 9780521622615
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 315
• Éditeur: Phillips D. Z.
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