Thought's footing
Subtitle: a theme in Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations
By: Charles Travis
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951
Description: "Thought's Footing is an enquiry into the relationship between the ways things are and the way we think and talk about them. It is also a study of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: Charles Travis develops his account of certain key themes into a unified view of the work as whole. His methodological starting-point is to see Wittgenstein's work as a response to Frege's." "Travis gives his own distinctive take on such topics as the problem of singular thought, the notion of a proposition, rule-following, sense and nonsense, the possibility of private language, and the representational content of experience. The result is an original demonstration of the continuing value of Wittgenstein's work for central debates in philosophy today."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-214) and index
Table of contents: title: Mastery; title: Acquaintance; title: Hardness; title: Determination; title: Transcendence; title: Harmony