Rule-following and realism /

Through detailed and trenchant criticism of standard interpretations of some of the key arguments in analytical philosophy over the last sixty years, this book arrives at a new conception of the proper starting point and task of the philosophy of language. To understand central topics in the philoso...

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Huvudupphovsman: Ebbs, Gary
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Rule-Following
  • Chapter One. Kripkeâ€?s Skepticism about Meaning
  • Chapter Two. Quineâ€?s Scientific Skepticism about Meaning
  • Chapter Three. The Very Idea of a Participant Perspective
  • Part II. The Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
  • Chapter Four. Carnapâ€?s Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
  • Chapter Five. Quineâ€?s Reasons for Rejecting Carnapâ€?s Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
  • Chapter Six. Putnamâ€?s Reasons for Rejecting Carnapâ€?s Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
  • Part III. Anti-Individualism
  • Chapter Seven. From the Rejection of the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction to Anti-Individualism Chapter Eight. Participation, Deference, and Dialectic
  • Chapter Nine. Realism, Self-Knowledge, and Skepticism
  • Notes
  • Index