This is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously.
- Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris.
- Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper.
- Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996).
Autorentext
G.P. Baker was a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford from 1967 until his death in 2002. He is the co-author with P.M.S. Hacker of a number of books on Wittgenstein, including the first two volumes of the four-volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing 1980-1996), and with Katherine Morris of Descartes' Dualism (1996). He also wrote numerous articles on Wittgenstein, Frege, Russell, Waismann and Descartes.
Katherine Morris is a Lecturer and Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford University. She and G.P. Baker co-authored Descartes' Dualism (1996). She has published a number of articles on Wittgenstein, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Descartes, and is the author of 'Sartre' (forthcoming from Blackwell Publishing).
Inhalt
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction by Katherine J. Morris 1
Part I: Reading Wittgenstein 19
A. Methodological Concepts: 21
1. Philosophical Investigations §122: Neglected Aspects 22
2. Some Remarks on 'Language' and 'Grammar' 52
3. Wittgenstein's 'Depth Grammar' 73
4. Wittgenstein on Metaphysical/Everyday Use 92
B. Applications: the 'Private Language Argument': 108
5. The Reception of the Private Language Argument 109
6. Wittgenstein's Method and the Private Language Argument 119
7. The Private Language Argument (extract) 130
Part II: Wittgenstein and Waismann: 141
A. The Analogy with Psychoanalysis: 143
8. 'Our' Method of Thinking about 'Thinking' 144
9. A Vision of Philosophy 179
10. Wittgenstein's Method and Psychoanalysis 205
B. Aspects and Conceptions: 223
11. Italics in Wittgenstein 224
12. Wittgenstein: Concepts or Conceptions? 260
13. The Grammar of Aspects and Aspects of Grammar 279
Bibliography of the Works of Gordon Baker 294
General Bibliography 299
Index 305