Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-3250-3
Paperback
352 pages
May 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Note to the second edition vii
Preface: The Fundamental Problem of Philosophy viii
Note in editing xxi
Introduction xxv
Analytic table of contents xlv
Part One Philosophy and Language
I Plato, language and the growth of understanding 3
II “What is language 21
III The reality of language 33
Part Two Games and Language
IV Discussion and discourse 65
V Games, calculations, discussions and conversations 81
Part Three Beyond Wittgenstein’s Builders
VI Signals and saying something 97
VII Language: a family of games? 116
VIII Understanding what is said 130
IX Wittgenstein’s builders – recapitulation 151
Part Four Belonging to Language
X Conversation and institutions 173
XI Language and generality 181
XII Language, speaking and common intelligibility 210
XIII Philosophy, life and language 243
Appendix: On Wittgenstein 257
Rush Rhees: a biographical sketch 266
Index 276