Author : Gordon P. Baker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781444315707
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Wittgenstein: Rules, Grammar and Necessity by : Gordon P. Baker
Download or read book Wittgenstein: Rules, Grammar and Necessity written by Gordon P. Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of Wittgenstein: Rules, Grammar andNecessity (the second volume of the landmark analyticalcommentary on Wittgenstein’s PhilosophicalInvestigations) now includes extensively revised andsupplemented coverage of the Wittgenstein's complex andcontroversial remarks on following rules. Includes thoroughly rewritten essays and the addition of onenew essay on communitarian and individualist conceptions ofrule-following Includes a greatly expanded essay on Wittgenstein’sconception of logical, mathematical and metaphysical necessity Features updates to the textual exegesis as the result oftaking advantage of the search engine for the Bergen edition of theNachlass Reflects the results of scholarly debates on rule-followingthat have raged over the past 20 years