The Concept 'Horse' Paradox and Wittgensteinian Conceptual Investigations - Kelly Dean Jolley

The Concept 'Horse' Paradox and Wittgensteinian Conceptual Investigations

A Prolegomenon to Philosophical Investigations
Buch | Hardcover
126 Seiten
2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-6045-3 (ISBN)
179,95 inkl. MwSt
In "Foundations of Arithmetic", Gottlob Frege contended that the difference between concepts and objects was absolute. Benno Kerry disagreed; he contended that a concept could be an object, and that therefore the difference between concepts and objects was only relative. This book aims to understand the debate between Frege and Kerry.
In The Foundations of Arithmetic, Gottlob Frege contended that the difference between concepts and objects was absolute. He meant that no object could be a concept and no concept an object. Benno Kerry disagreed; he contended that a concept could be an object, and that therefore the difference between concepts and objects was only relative. In this book, Jolley aims to understand the debate between Frege and Kerry. But Jolley's purpose is not so much to champion either side; rather, it is to utilize an understanding of the debate to shed light on the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein-and vice versa. Jolley not only sifts through the debate between Frege and Kerry, but also through subsequent versions of the debate in J. J. Valberg and Wilfred Sellars. Jolley's goal is to show that the central notion of Philosophical Investigations, that of a 'conceptual investigation', is a legacy of the Frege/Kerry debate and also a contribution to it. Jolley concludes that the difference between concepts and objects is as absolute in its way in Philosophical Investigations as it was in The Foundations of Arithmetic and that recognizing the absoluteness of the difference in Philosophical Investigations provides a beginning for a 'resolute' reading of Wittgenstein's book.

Kelly Dean Jolley is Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, USA.

Chapter One Bearings; Chapter Two Frege at Therapy; Chapter Three Logic’s Caretaker; Chapter Four Beating a Dead Concept “Horse”; Chapter Five Conceptual vs. Objectual Investigations;

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.9.2007
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Logik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 0-7546-6045-1 / 0754660451
ISBN-13 978-0-7546-6045-3 / 9780754660453
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