Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages .) |
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EBL-Schweitzer |
Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Thomas Kuhn and the Shadow of Wittgenstein; 2. Wittgenstein and Social Theory; 3. Mind, Meaning, and Interpretation; 4. Investigating the Investigations; 5. Conventional Objects, Concepts, and the Practice of Interpretation; 6. Interpreting Science: Kuhn as a Social Theorist; 7. Wittgenstein on the Moon: Certainty, Truth, and Value; References; Index |
Summary |
John G. Gunnell argues that a distinctive feature of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work after 1930 was his turn to a conception of philosophy as a form of social inquiry and that Thomas Kuhn's approach to the philosophy of science exemplified this conception. He further contends that their work addresses foundational issues in the social and human sciences and particularly the vision of social inquiry as an interpretive endeavor, as well as the distinctive cognitive and practical relationship between social inquiry and its subject matter. Gunnell speaks directly to philosophers and practitioners of t |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996.
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SUBJECT |
Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996 fast (OCoLC)fst00015867 |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 fast (OCoLC)fst00032844 |
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2014008130 |
ISBN |
0231538340 |
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9780231538343 |
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