Wittgenstein on the arbitrariness of grammar:
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1. Verfasser: Forster, Michael N. 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press [2004]
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references ([193]-239) and index
GRAMMAR, ARBITRARINESS, NON-ARBITRARINESS -- Wittgenstein's conception of grammar -- The sense in which grammar is arbitrary -- The sense in which grammar is non-arbitrary -- Some modest criticisms -- THE DIVERSITY THESIS -- Alternative grammars? The case of formal logic -- Alternative grammars? The limits of language -- Alternative grammars? The problem of access
What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? The later Wittgenstein already addresses these fundamental philosophical questions under the general rubric of "grammar" and the question of its "arbitrariness"--And does so with great subtlety. This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. Part I interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized (and otherwise modified) version of Kant's transcendental idealist solution to a puzzle about necessity. It also seeks to reconcile Wittgenste
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