The Linguistic Turn: Essays in Philosophical Method

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Author: Richard Rorty

ISBN-10: 0226725693

ISBN-13: 9780226725697

Category: General & Miscellaneous Philosophy

The Linguistic Turn provides a rich and representative introduction to the entire historical and doctrinal range of the linguistic philosophy movement. In two retrospective essays titled "Ten Years After" and "Twenty-Five Years After," Rorty shows how his book was shaped by the time in which it was written and traces the directions philosophical study has taken since.\ "All too rarely an anthology is put together that reflects imagination, command, and comprehensiveness. Rorty's collection is...

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The Linguistic Turn provides a rich and representative introduction to the entire historical and doctrinal range of the linguistic philosophy movement. In two retrospective essays titled "Ten Years After" and "Twenty-Five Years After," Rorty shows how his book was shaped by the time in which it was written and traces the directions philosophical study has taken since. "All too rarely an anthology is put together that reflects imagination, command, and comprehensiveness. Rorty's collection is just such a book."—Review of Metaphysics

Introduction: Metaphilosophical Difficulties of Linguistic Philosophy1Pt. IClassic Statements of the Thesis That Philosophical Questions Are Questions of Language411The Future of Philosophy432On the Character of Philosophical Problems543Logical Positivism, Language, and the Reconstruction of Metaphysics (in part)634Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology725Systematically Misleading Expressions856Philosophical Perplexity1017Moore and Ordinary Language111Pt. IIMetaphilosophical Problems of Ideal-Language Philosophy1258aLanguage Analysis and Metaphysical Inquiry1278bTwo Criteria for an Ideal Language1328cReply to Bergmann1359Russell's Philosophy of Language (in part)13610aLinguistic Approaches to Philosophical Problems14710bComments on the "Proposal Theory" of Philosophy15611Language and Ontology16012Semantic Ascent (from Word and Object)168Pt. IIIMetaphilosophical Problems of Ordinary-Language Philosophy17313Philosophers and Ordinary Language17514Arguments to Meaninglessness: Excluded Opposites and Paradigm Cases (from Philosophical Reasoning)18315aWhy Ordinary Language Needs Reforming19315bWhen Is Ordinary Language Reformed?20116aPhilosophical Discoveries20616bDo We Discover Our Uses of Words?21817Ascriptivism22418Uses of Language and Philosophical Problems22719J. L. Austin23220aJ. L. Austin23920bJ. L. Austin24820cAustin at Criticism25021The Interpretation of Language; Words and Concepts261Pt. IVRecapitulations, Reconsiderations, and Future Prospects26922Philosophy and the Analysis of Language27123Are All Philosophical Questions Questions of Language?28424aThe History of Analysis29424bDiscussion of Urmson's "The History of Analysis"30225aAnalysis, Science, and Metaphysics31225bDiscussion of Strawson's "Analysis, Science and Metaphysics"32126Language and Reality33127The Philosophical Relevance of Linguistic Theory34028A Pre-Requisite for Rational Philosophical Discussion356Two Retrospective EssaysTen Years After361Twenty five Years After371Bibliography375