Wittgenstein and justice

By:

"Pitkin, Hanna Fenichel"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; University of California Press; 1973Description: 360 pISBN:

520023293

Subject(s):

"Wittgenstein, Ludwing"

DDC classification:

192 PIT

Summary: This is an introduction for students of politics and society tot he later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and some topics in "ordinary-language' philosophy. It argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action. Language is seen as activity, and words as signals, rather than labels for classes of objects.

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This is an introduction for students of politics and society tot he later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and some topics in "ordinary-language' philosophy. It argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action. Language is seen as activity, and words as signals, rather than labels for classes of objects.

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