Synopses & Reviews
Wittgenstein's Copernican Revolution explores the relation between language and reality without embracing Linguistic Realism and without courting any form of Linguistic Idealism either. It argues that this is precisely what Wittgenstein does. This book also examines some well known contemporary philosophers who have been concerned with this same question.
Synopsis
Wittgenstein's Copernican Revolution explores the relation between language and reality without embracing Linguistic Realism and without courting any form of Linguistic Idealism either. It argues that this is precisely what Wittgenstein does. This book also examines some well known contemporary philosophers who have been concerned with this same question.
About the Author
Ilham Dilman is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Realism and its Rejection: Wittgenstein's Copernican Revolution * The Dangers of Rejecting Realism: Linguistic Idealism * Wittgenstein and Linguistic Idealism * Bernard Williams: Wittgenstein and Idealism * Bernard Williams: a Sophisticated Realism * G.E.M. Anscome: Was Wittgenstein a Linguistic Idealist? * Cora Diamond: Wittgenstein and the Realistic Spirit * Hilary Putnam: Metaphysical and Internal Realism * Hilary Putnam: Ethics and Reality