Subject: Philosophy Book Title: The Magic Prism
The Magic Prism
An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
Wettstein, Howard,
Professor of Philosophy,
University of California, Riverside
Print publication date: 2004
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2005 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516052-9 doi:10.1093/0195160525.001.0001 |
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Abstract:
This book presents the development of an anti-Fregean conception on the philosophy of language. It argues that Wittgenstein not only anticipated the important features of the anti-Fregean approach, but provided a deeper and more satisfying rationale than recent works. Where Wittgenstein sharply diverged from the anti-Fregeans, he pointed the way forward.
Keywords: Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, philosophy of language Table of Contents
Introduction
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Two Fundamental Problems: Frege's Classical Approach
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Russell (and More Frege)
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Revolution in the Philosophy of Language
4.
Supplanting Linguistic Cartesianism
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A Father of the Revolution
6.
The Puzzles: Informative Identity
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Essentialism about Meaning: Empty Names
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Bringing Belief Down to Earth: Part I
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Bringing Belief Down to Earth: Part II
10.
Whither Propositions?
Index
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doi:10.1093/0195160525.001.0001
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