Ordinary Language: Essays in Philosophical Method - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486240827 ISBN 13: 9780486240824

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1981

Synopsis

Ordinary-language philosophy was an attempt to overcome the self-imposed irrelevance of most of the traditional schools of philosophy in the early 20th century. In its many years of stimulating give-and-take among partisans, it exerted an immense influence on philosophical thought and helped to clarify many philosophical issues. There is no doubt of its permanent contribution to the program of philosophy. To help students gain a deeper understanding of the different aspects of this philosophy, editor V.C. Chappell has brought together five seminal articles by five illustrious modern philosophers in this collection. Norman Malcom's "Moore and Ordinary Language" is a clear, plausible defense of the Wittgensteinian view of ordinary language philosophy. Then Gilbert Ryle in "Ordinary language" and J.L. Austin in "A Plea for Excuses", compellingly state the case for the Oxford group pf ordinary language philosophers. Finally, Benson Mates critizes ordinary-language philosophy in "On the Verification of Statements about Ordinary Language", and Stanley Cavelll answers Mates in "Must W Mean What We Say?," probably the most detailed explanation and defense of the procedures of the ordinary-language philosophers that has wver been written. Ideal for students as a supplementary text, Ordinary Language is so intelligible that many scholars in other fields and numerous general readers will find it a rewarding reading experience, too. Unabridged (1981) republication of the original (1964)edition... (from the back cover of this book)

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0486240827
• ISBN 13: 9780486240824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 115