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Wittgenstein: Understanding And Meaning: Volume 1 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II: Exegesis §§1-184, 2nd Edition

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Acknowledgements.

Introduction to Part II: Exegesis.

Note to the paperback edition 2009.

Abbreviations.

The history of the composition of the Philosophical Investigations.

An overview of the structure and argument of the Philosophical Investigations.

Exegesis.

The Title.

The Motto.

The Preface.

Chapter 1 The Augustinian conception of language (§§1–27(a)).

Chapter 2 Illusions of naming: ostensive definition, logically proper names, simples and samples, and analysis (§§27(b)–64).

Chapter 3 Family resemblance, determinacy of sense, and the quest for essence (§§65–88).

Chapter 4 Philosophy (§§89–133).

Chapter 5 The general propositional form (§§134–42).

Chapter 6 Understanding and ability (§§143–84).

Index.

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