Philosophy and the Vision of Language

Philosophy and the Vision of Language is a philosophical interpretation of the recourse to language in analytic philosophy over the twentieth century, examining the enduring significance of the linguistic turn that inaugurated the analytic tradition and still determines many of its characteristic methods and problems.

Paul M. Livingston is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. He has published widely in the history of twentieth century philosophy. His first book was titled Philosophical History and the Problem of Consciousness (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: Language and Structure Section I: Early Analytic Philosophy Chapter 2: Frege on the Context Principle and Psychologism Chapter 3: 'Meaning is Use' in the Tractatus Section II: Radical Translation and Intersubjective Practice Introductory: From Syntax to Semantics (and Pragmatics) Chapter 4: Ryle and Sellars on Inner-State Reports Chapter 5: Quine's Appeal to Use and the Genealogy of Indeterminacy Section III: Critical Outcome Introductory: From the Aporia of Structure to the Critique of Practice Chapter 6: Wittgenstein, Kant, and the Critique of Totality Chapter 7: Thinking and Being: Heidegger and Wittgenstein on Machination and Lived-Experience Chapter 8: Language, Norms, and the Force of Reason Section IV: Conclusion Chapter 9: The Question of Language Notes Bibliography Index