The World and Language in Wittgenstein's Philosophy - Softcover

Hunnings, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887065864 ISBN 13: 9780887065866

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1988

Synopsis

This book explores the interrelated concepts of representation and grammar in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Throughout his life, Wittgenstein was obsessed with the problem of the nature of language and the relationship between language and the world. His intellectual journey, one of the most compelling in twentieth century thought, is the detailed adventure told by Gordon Hunnings in The World and Language in Wittgenstein's Philosophy.

This book surveys Wittgenstein's elucidation of how the world is represented in language, including the posthumously published material of his middle period. Early in his career, Wittgenstein's answer to the problem explored the representational connection between language and the world through the analogy of propositions as logical pictures of facts. Later, his mature answer elucidated the concept of the world as a construction of logical grammar. Hunnings shows how these shifting images of reality reflected in language also mirror the changes in Wittgenstein's philosophy.

About this title

About the Author:

Gordon Hunnings is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Natal, South Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0887065864
• ISBN 13: 9780887065866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266