Signs, Minds and Actions (eBook)

Preface 5
Theories of the Linguistic Sign 11
The Coherence Theory of Truth: Russell’s Worst Invention? Stewart Candlish and Nic Damnjanovic, Perth 13
Names, Nonsubstitutivity and the Tanney Puzzle Laurence Goldstein, Kent 23
Is there a Language ‘Behind’ Speaking? How to Look at 20th Century Language Theory in an Alternative Way Sybille Krämer, Berlin 39
Language and Action 51
Sprechen als vernünftiges Handeln: Grundlage einer rationalen Hermeneutik Peter Janich, Marburg 53
On the Pragmatics of Unanswerable Questions Peter Kügler, Innsbruck 63
Zur Performativität des Narrativen: Vorüberlegungen zu einer performativen Narratologie Alexandra Strohmaier, Graz 77
Language and Consciousness 95
Sense-data and Senses* Michael Dummett, Oxford 97
Showing and Self-Presentation of Experiences – Some Philosophical Cases Johann Christian Marek, Graz 103
Sind Eindrücke Informationsträger? Was wir aus PU §§354-356 lernen können. Eike von Savigny, Bielefeld 113
The Harmony Chapter Joachim Schulte, Zürich 123
Wittgenstein on the Inverted Spectrum David Stern, Iowa City 135
Language and Metaphysics 145
The ‘Language and World’ of Religion* Anat Biletzki, Tel Aviv 147
Realismus, Ontologie und Sprachabhängigkeit Volker Gadenne, Linz 157
Und Gott war das Wort: Wittgensteins niedrige Absichten Esther Ramharter, Wien 169
Objective Interpretation and the Metaphysics of Meaning Maria E. Reicher, Aachen 181
Generisches Wissen in kategorialen Inferenzstrukturen: Zur Metaphysik des Begrifflichen. Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Leipzig 191
Reality and Construction 217
Texts Do Not Reflect Outer Reality. What Do They Do Then? Krzysztof Abriszewski, Torun 219
Conceptualizing Technoscience in a Reasonable, Constructivist Way Ewa Binczyk, Torun 227
How the Category of Embodiment Transforms the Problems of Philosophy of the Language: The Case of Understanding Aleksandra Derra, Torun 235
Wittgenstein and the Literary 243
Das erlösende Wort James C. Klagge, Blacksburg 245
Wittgenstein and Literature Brian McGuinness, Siena 257
Writing Philosophy as Poetry: Wittgenstein’s Literary Syntax Marjorie Perloff, Stanford 277
Ludwig Wittgenstein über Wilhelm Busch – “He has the REAL philosophical urge.” Josef G. F. Rothhaupt, München 297
Wittgenstein and Sebald: The Place of Home and the Grammar of Memory David Schalkwyk, Cape Town 317