Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations /

"An imaginative and exciting exposition of themes from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, this book helps readers find their way around the "forest of remarks" that make up this classic. Chapters on language, mind, color, number, God, value, and philosophy develop a maj...

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Main Author: Brenner, William H., 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
Series:SUNY series in philosophy.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Thales to Wittgenstein
  • The Philosophical Investigations
  • Philosophical Investigation
  • Language
  • Pictures of the Essence of Language
  • Logic and Philosophy
  • Following a Rule
  • Mind
  • Sensation
  • Thought
  • Kinaesthesia
  • Aspect Perception
  • Concept Formation
  • The Concept of the Soul
  • Sensation and the Soul
  • Sensations, Beetles, and "Private Language"
  • The Soulless Tribe
  • Color and Number
  • Color Grammar
  • Arithmetic as Grammar
  • God
  • Theology as Grammar
  • Religions, Language, and Ethics
  • Philosophy and the Yearning for the Transcendent.