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Wittgenstein and Analytic Philosophy

Essays for P. M. S. Hacker

Author: Hans-Johann Glock and John Hyman  

Wittgenstein and Analytic Philosophy
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Thirteen leading philosophers and Wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honor of Peter Hacker.

Thirteen leading contributors offer new essays in honour of the eminent philosopher and Wittgenstein scholar Peter Hacker. They discuss issues in the interpretation of Wittgenstein, investigate central topics in the history of analytic philosophy, and explore and assess Wittgensteinian ideas about language, mind, action, ethics, and religion.

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Thirteen leading philosophers and Wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honor of Peter Hacker.

Thirteen leading contributors offer new essays in honour of the eminent philosopher and Wittgenstein scholar Peter Hacker. They discuss issues in the interpretation of Wittgenstein, investigate central topics in the history of analytic philosophy, and explore and assess Wittgensteinian ideas about language, mind, action, ethics, and religion.

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Peter Hacker is one of the most notable interpreters of Wittgenstein's work, a powerful and sophisticated exponent of Wittgensteinian ideas, and a distinguished historian of the analytic tradition. Thirteen leading philosophers and Wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honour of Hacker. Their contributions deal with a variety of themes associated with Wittgenstein. Some deal with issues of Wittgenstein scholarship and interpretation, includingareas that have attracted an increasing amount of attention, such as ethics and religion. Others deal with central topics from the history of analytic philosophy. Finally there are essays that explore andassess Wittgensteinian ideas, in some cases as developed by Hacker, in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind, or in related areas such as the philosophy of action and the philosophy of neuroscience.

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Hans-Johann Glock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). Until 2006, he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading (UK). He has held research fellowships at St. John's College, Oxford, Bielefeld University, and Rhodes University, South Africa. John Hyman is a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford and Editor of The British Journal of Aesthetics. He was a Getty Scholar in 2001-2002, a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zuBerlin in 2002-2003, and Chairman of the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Oxford in 2003-2005.

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Peter Hacker is one of the most notable interpreters of Wittgenstein's work, a powerful and sophisticated exponent of Wittgensteinian ideas, and a distinguished historian of the analytic tradition. Thirteen leading philosophers and Wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honour of Hacker. Their contributions deal with a variety of themes associated with Wittgenstein. Some deal with issues of Wittgenstein scholarship and interpretation, including areasthat have attracted an increasing amount of attention, such as ethics and religion. Others deal with central topics from the history of analytic philosophy. Finally there are essays that explore and assess Wittgensteinian ideas, in some cases as developed by Hacker, in the philosophy of language andthe philosophy of mind, or in related areas such as the philosophy of action and the philosophy of neuroscience.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
14th May 2009
Pages
338
ISBN
9780199213238

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