1st Edition

Blind Obedience Paradox and Learning in the Later Wittgenstein

By Meredith Williams Copyright 2010
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

There is considerable debate amongst philosophers as to the basic philosophical problem Wittgenstein is attempting to solve in Philosophical Investigations . In this bold and original work, Meredith Williams argues that it is the problem of "normative similarity". In Blind Obedience  Williams demonstrates how Wittgenstein criticizes traditional, representationalist theories of... Read more

1. Structure and Content of the Philosophical Investigations  2. Playing the Game  3. The Domestication of Reference  4. Logical Form and the Paradox of Thought  5. Meaning and the Paradox of Interpretation  6. Normativity and the Threat of Regularism  7. Necessity and the Threat of Psychologism  8.The Paradoxes of Consciousness  9. Concluding Remarks

Biography

Meredith Williams