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The struggle against dogmatism : Wittgenstein and the concept of philosophy

Oskari Kuusela

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Wittgenstein on philosophical problems : from one fundamental problem to particular problems
The Tractatus on philosophical problems
Wittgenstein's later conception of philosophical problems
Examples of philosophical problems as based on misunderstandings
Tendencies and inclinations of thinking : philosophy as therapy
Wittgenstein's notion of peace in philosophy : the contrast with the Tractatus
Two conceptions of clarification
The Tractatus's conception of philosophy as logical analysis
Wittgenstein's later critique of the Tractatus's notion of logical analysis
Clarification in Wittgenstein's later philosophy
From metaphysics and philosophical theses to grammar : Wittgenstein's turn
Philosophical theses, metaphysical philosophy, and the Tractatus
Metaphysics and conceptual investigation : the problem with metaphysics
Conceptual investigation and the problem of dogmatism
Wittgenstein's turn
The turn and the role of rules
Rules as objects of comparison
Rules, metaphysical projection, and the logic of language
Grammar, meaning, and language
Grammar, use, and meaning : the problem of the status of Wittgenstein's remarks
Wittgenstein's formulation of his conception of meaning
The concept of language : comparisons with instruments and games
Wittgenstein's development and the advantages of his mature view
Examples as centers of variation and the conception of language as a family
Avoiding dogmatism about meaning
Wittgenstein's methodological shift and analyses in terms of necessary conditions
The concepts of essence and necessity
Constructivist readings and the arbitrariness/nonarbitrariness of grammar
Problems with constructivism
The methodological dimension of Wittgenstein's conception of essence
The nontemporality of grammatical statements
Explanations of necessity in terms of factual regularities
Wittgenstein's account of essence and necessity
Beyond theses about the source of necessity
Philosophical hierarchies and the status of clarificatory statements
Philosophical hierarchies and Wittgenstein's "leading principle"
The concept of perspicuous presentation
The (alleged) necessity of accepting philosophical statements
The concept of agreement and the problem of injustice
The criteria of the correctness of grammatical remarks
Multidimensional descriptions and the new use of old dogmatic claims
Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy, everyday language, and ethics
Metaphysics disguised as methodology
The historicity of philosophy
Philosophy and the everyday.

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The struggle against dogmatism : Wittgenstein and the concept of philosophy by Oskari Kuusela. ISBN 9780674027718. Published by Harvard University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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