Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language

by Chris Lawn

Book Overview

The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method, respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text demonstrates how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826493777
• ISBN13: 9780826493774
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"