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Author Jolley, Kelly Dean.

Title The concept "horse" paradox and Wittgensteinian conceptual investigations : a prolegomenon to philosophical investigations / Kelly Dean Jolley.

Publication Info. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 109 pages, 1 unnumbered page).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ashgate Wittgensteinian studies
Ashgate Wittgensteinian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109) and index.
Contents Bearings -- Frege at therapy -- Logics caretaker -- Beating a dead concept "horse" -- Conceptual vs. objectual investigations.
Summary In this book, Jolley aims to understand the 'concept horse' 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 Wilfrid 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 co.
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Subject Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Philosophische Untersuchungen.
Kerry, Benno.
Kerry, Benno.
Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925. Grundlagen der Arithmetik.
Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Frege, Gottlob)
Philosophische Untersuchungen (Wittgenstein, Ludwig)
Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Semantics (Philosophy)
Object (Philosophy)
Object (Philosophy)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jolley, Kelly Dean. Concept "horse" paradox and Wittgensteinian conceptual investigations. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2006034417
ISBN 9780754687535 (electronic book)
0754687538 (electronic book)
0754660451 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780754660453 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780754660453 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)