Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The New Wittgenstein offers a major re-evaluation of Wittgenstein's thinking. This book is a stellar collection of essays that present a significantly different portrait of Wittgenstein. The essays clarify Wittgenstein's modes of philosophical criticism and shed light on the relation between his thought and different philosophical traditions and areas of human concern. With essays by Stanley Cavell, James Conant, Cora Diamond, Hilary Putnam and John McDowell we see the emergence of a new way of understanding Wittgenstein's thought.
This is a controversial collection, with essays by the most highly regarded Wittgenstein scholars that will change the way we look at Wittgenstein's body of work. Anyone interested in gaining a new and fresh understanding of Wittgenstein's work will find this a fascinating read.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-394) and index.
Table of Contents
Excursus on Wittgenstein's vision of language / Stanley Cavell -- Non-cognitivism and rule-following / John McDowell -- Wittgenstein on rules and platonism / David H. Finkelstein -- What 'There can be no such thing as meaning anything by any word' could possibly mean / Rupert Read -- Wittgenstein on deconstruction / Martin Stone -- Wittgenstein's philosophy in relation to political thought / Alice Crary -- Ethics, imagination and the method of Wittgenstein's Tractatus / Cora Diamond -- Elucidation and nonsense in Frege and early Wittgenstein / James Conant -- Rethinking mathematical necessity / Hilary Putnam -- Wittgenstein, mathematics and philosophy / Juliet Floyd -- Does Bismarck have a beetle in his box? The private language argument in the Tractatus / Cora Diamond -- How to do things with wood : Wittgenstein, Frege and the problem of illogical thought / David R. Cerbone -- Conceptions of nonsense in Carnap and Wittgenstein / Edward Witherspoon -- Was he trying to whistle it? / P.M.S. Hacker.