Wittgenstein Mind, Meaning and Metaphilosophy [Hardcover]

Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy.Notes on Contributors Introduction; P.Frascolla , D.Marconi & A.Voltolini PART I: MIND Rule and Exception in Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mind; W.Child Reading-machines, Feelings of Influence, Experiences of Being Guided: Wittgenstein on Reading; J.Schulte Reasons and Causes; F.Stoutland Was Wittgenstein Wrong about Intentionality?; A.Voltolini PART II: MEANING Does Language Require Conventions?; H-J.Glock Regularities, Rules, Meanings, Truth Conditions, and Epistemic Norms; P.Horwich Wittgenstein and Necessary Facts; D.Marconi Wittgenstein and Frege on Proper Names and the Context Principle; E.Picardi Sceptical Conclusions about Epistemological Analyticity; T.Williamson PART III: METAPHILOSOPHY An Adequacy Condition for the Interpretation of the Tractatus Ontology; P.Frascolla Method and Metaphilosophy in the Philosophical Investigations; M.Williams Farewell Thoughts on Wittgenstein; A.Kenny IndexWILLIAM CHILD is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College, Oxford, UKPASQUALE FRASCOLLA is Professor of Philosophy of Language at the University of Basilicata, ItalyHANS-JOHANN GLOCK is Chair in Philosophy at University of Zurich, and is currently President, Philosophical Society Zurich SwitzerlandPAUL HORWICH is Professor of Philosophy, New York University, USASIR ANTHONY KENNY (retired) University of Oxford, UKDIEGO MARCONI teaches Philosophy of Language at the University of Torino, ItalyKEVIN MULLIGAN, Professor of Analytic Philosophy, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandEVA PICARDI is Professor of Philosophy of Language, University of Bologna, Italy. She is also Director of the Doctoral Programme 'Mind, Logic, and Language'JOACHIM SCHULTE teaches at University of Zurich, SwitzerlandFREDERICKls)