2019, ISBN: 9780226661278

When social scientists and social theorists turn to the work of philosophers for intellectual and practical authority, they typically assume that truth, reality, and meaning are to be fou… Mehr…

When social scientists and social theorists turn to the work of philosophers for intellectual and practical authority, they typically assume that truth, reality, and meaning are to be found outside rather than within our conventional discursive practices. John G. Gunnell argues for conventional realism as a theory of social phenomena and an approach to the study of politics. Drawing on Wittgenstein's critique of mentalism and traditional realism, Gunnell argues that everything we designate as real is rendered conventionally, which entails a rejection of the widely accepted distinction between what is natural and what is conventional. The terms reality and world have no meaning outside the contexts of specific claims and assumptions about what exists and how it behaves. And rather than a mysterious source and repository of prelinguistic meaning, the mind is simply our linguistic capacities. Taking readers through contemporary forms of mentalism and realism in both philosophy and American political science and theory, Gunnell also analyzes the philosophical challenges to these positions mounted by Wittgenstein and those who can be construed has his successors. When social scientists and social theorists turn to the work of philosophers for intellectual and practical authority, they typically assume that truth, reality, and meaning are to be found outside rather than within our conventional discursive practices. John G. Gunnell argues for conventional realism as a theory of social phenomena and an approach to the study of politics. Drawing on Wittgenstein's critique of mentalism and traditional realism, Gunnell argues that everything we designate as real is rendered conventionally, which entails a rejection of the widely accepted distinction between what is natural and what is conventional. The terms reality and world have no meaning outside the contexts of specific claims and assumptions about what exists and how it behaves. And rather than a mysterious source and repository of prelinguistic meaning, the mind is simply our linguistic capacities. Taking readers through contemporary forms of mentalism and realism in both philosophy and American political science and theory, Gunnell also analyzes the philosophical challenges to these positions mounted by Wittgenstein and those who can be construed has his successors. Inhoud: Taal: Engels; Bindwijze: Hardcover; Verschijningsdatum: november 2019; Aantal pagina's: 208 pagina's; Illustraties: Nee; Betrokkenen: Auteur(s): John G Gunnell; Uitgever: The University Of Chicago Press; EAN: Overige kenmerken: Extra groot lettertype: Nee; Gewicht: 198 g; Studieboek: Ja; Verpakking breedte: 152 mm; Verpakking hoogte: 229 mm; Verpakking lengte: 229 mm; Engels | Hardcover | 9780226661278 | 208 pagina's, Boeken, The University Of Chicago Press<

2020, ISBN: 9780226661278

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, 208 Seiten, Publiziert: 2020-04-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.41 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2679719, Words, Language & Grammar, Reference, Subjects, … Mehr…

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, 208 Seiten, Publiziert: 2020-04-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.41 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2679719, Words, Language & Grammar, Reference, Subjects, Books, History, Political Science & Ideology, Government & Politics, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, University of Chicago Press, 2020<

2020, ISBN: 9780226661278

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, 208 Seiten, Publiziert: 2020-04-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.41 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2679719, Words, Language & Grammar, Reference, Subjects, … Mehr…

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, 208 Seiten, Publiziert: 2020-04-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.41 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2679719, Words, Language & Grammar, Reference, Subjects, Books, History, Political Science & Ideology, Government & Politics, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, University of Chicago Press, 2020<

2019, ISBN: 9780226661278

Channeling Wittgenstein, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2019