Perspicuous Presentations: Essays on Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology / Edition 1

by George Liska

Overview

This anthology focuses on the extraordinary contributions Wittgenstein made to several areas in the philosophy of psychology. Danièle Moyal-Sharrock translates papers by eminent French Wittgensteinians, and brings them together with more familiar specialists on Wittgenstein's philosophical psychology, revealing a surprising degree of consensus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230527485
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/01/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

JACQUES BOUVERESSE College de France, France
JOHN V. CANFIELD University of Toronto, Canada
STEPHANIE CHAUVIER University of Caen, France
CHRISTIANE CHAUVIRE Sorbonne, Paris, France
FRANK CIOFFI University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
JEFFREY P. COULTER Boston University, USA
STEPHEN J. COWLEY University of Hertfordshire, UK
MICHEL TER HARK University of Groningen, Netherlands
ROM HARRE Georgetown University, USA
LARS HERTZBERG Åbo Akademi University, Finland
DANIEL D. HUTTO University of Hertfordshire, UK
SANDRA LAUGIER University of Amiens, France
ERIC J. LOOMIS University of South Alabama, USA
JEAN-JACQUES ROSAT College de France, France
WES SHARROCK University of Manchester, UK

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations of Works by Wittgenstein Introduction; D.Moyal-Sharrock Wittgenstein on Fear; J.V.Canfield Wittgensteinian Grammar & Philosophy of Mind; S.Chauvier The Importance of Being Thoughtful; L.Hertzberg Wittgenstein on 'experiencing meaning'; J.Bouveresse Revisiting 'The Unconscious'; J.Coulter & W.Sharrock Wittgenstein and the Foundations of Cognitive Psychology; R.Harré Dispositions or Capacities? Wittgenstein's Social Philosophy of Mind; C.Chauviré The Myth of the 'Outer': Wittgenstein's Redefinition of Subjectivity; S.Laugier Patterns in the Weave of Life: Wittgenstein's 'Lebensmuster'; J.Rosat Wittgenstein on 'The sort of explanation one longs for'; F.Cioffi Wittgenstein on Psychological Certainty; D.Moyal-Sharrock Criteria and Defeasibility: When Good Evidence is not Good Enough E.J.Loomis 'Tennis Without a Ball': Wittgenstein on 'Secondary Sense'; M.Hark The Cradle of Language: Making Sense of Bodily Connexions; S.J.Cowley Getting Clear About Perspicuous Representations: Wittgenstein, Baker & Fodor; D.D.Hutto