Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to Ethics

Synopsis

Reading Wittgenstein With Anscombe, Going On To Ethics Is A Collection Of Seven Essays, Divided Into Three Parts. The Essays Bring Out Connections Between Wittgenstein's Thinking And Questions Of Continuing Interest In The Philosophy Of Language, Logic, And Ethics. A Dialogue With Anscombe Runs Through The Essays, Which Take Up Questions About How We Should Respond To Thinking That Has Miscarried Or Gone Off The Rails. The Main Issues Discussed In This Book Concern How We Are To Understand Thoughts, Forms Of Words, And Uses Of Language That Seem Crucially Important To Our Understanding Or Self-understanding, But Cannot Fit In The Template We Instinctively Bring To Bear On Questions About How Language And Thought Are Related To Reality. The Book Presents Wittgenstein As A Responsive Philosopher, And It Does This Through A Continuing Dialogue With Anscombe.-- Part I. Wittgenstein, Anscombe, And The Activity Of Philosophy: Finding One's Way Into The Tractatus -- Saying And Showing: An Example From Anscombe -- Reading The Tractatus With G. E. M. Anscombe -- Part Ii. Wittgenstein, Anscombe, And What Can Only Be True: Wittgenstein And What Can Only Be True -- Disagreements: Anscombe, Geach, Wittgenstein -- Part Iii. Going On To Think About Ethics: Asymmetries In Thinking About Thought: Anscombe And Wiggins -- Truth In Ethics: Williams And Wiggins. Cora Diamond. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.