TY - BOOK ID - 36717034 TI - Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations : An Attempt at a Critical Rationalist Appraisal PY - 2018 SN - 3030001164 3030001172 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy. KW - Language and languages KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Analysis (Philosophy). KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. KW - Semantics. KW - Analytic Philosophy. KW - Mathematical Logic and Foundations. KW - Formal semantics KW - Semasiology KW - Semiology (Semantics) KW - Comparative linguistics KW - Information theory KW - Lexicology KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) KW - Analysis, Logical KW - Analysis, Philosophical KW - Analytic philosophy KW - Analytical philosophy KW - Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) KW - Logical analysis KW - Philosophical analysis KW - Philosophy, Analytical KW - Methodology KW - Philosophy KW - Logical positivism KW - Semantics (Philosophy) KW - Algebra of logic KW - Logic, Universal KW - Mathematical logic KW - Symbolic and mathematical logic KW - Symbolic logic KW - Mathematics KW - Algebra, Abstract KW - Metamathematics KW - Set theory KW - Syllogism KW - Mathematical logic. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36717034 AB - This book collects 13 papers that explore Wittgenstein's philosophy throughout the different stages of his career. The author writes from the viewpoint of critical rationalism. The tone of his analysis is friendly and appreciative yet critical. Of these papers, seven are on the background to the philosophy of Wittgenstein. Five papers examine different aspects of it: one on the philosophy of young Wittgenstein, one on his transitional period, and the final three on the philosophy of mature Wittgenstein, chiefly his Philosophical Investigations. The last of these papers, which serves as the concluding chapter, concerns the analytical school of philosophy that grew chiefly under its influence. Wittgenstein’s posthumous Philosophical Investigations ignores formal languages while retaining the view of metaphysics as meaningless -- declaring that all languages are metaphysics-free. It was very popular in the middle of the twentieth century. Now it is passé. Wittgenstein had hoped to dissolve all philosophical disputes, yet he generated a new kind of dispute. His claim to have improved the philosophy of life is awkward just because he prevented philosophical discussion from the ability to achieve that: he cut the branch on which he was sitting. This, according to the author, is the most serious critique of Wittgenstein. ER -