Overview
- Introduces readers to hitherto neglected areas in Waismann’s oeuvre
- Explores the notion of open texture and its applicability in varied fields from law and linguistics to logic
- Offers a much needed starting point for systematic scholarly Waismann studies
Part of the book series: History of Analytic Philosophy (History of Analytic Philosophy)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Philosophy and Language
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Law, Action, Fiction
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About this book
This edited collection covers Friedrich Waismann's most influential contributions to twentieth-century philosophy of language: his concepts of open texture and language strata, his early criticism of verificationism and the analytic-synthetic distinction, as well as their significance for experimental and legal philosophy.
In addition, Waismann's original papers in ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of mathematics are here evaluated. They introduce Waismann's theory of action along with his groundbreaking work on fiction, proper names and Kafka's Trial.
Waismann is known as the voice of Ludwig Wittgenstein in the Vienna Circle. At the same time we find in his works a determined critic of logical positivism and ordinary language philosophy, who anticipated much later developments in the analytic tradition and devised his very own vision for its future.
Reviews
“A pioneering, insightful, and comprehensive volume showing how the full body of Friedrich Waismann’s writing forms an exemplary, accessible, and original development of the legacy of the Vienna Circle and Wittgenstein.” (Juliet Floyd, Boston University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dejan Makovec is a doctoral student in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He has taught philosophy at the University of Klagenfurt and the University of Vienna, Austria, and is one of the founders of the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy.
Stewart Shapiro is the O’Donnell Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University, USA. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the University of Oslo, Norway, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut, USA, and a Presidential Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Friedrich Waismann
Book Subtitle: The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy
Editors: Dejan Makovec, Stewart Shapiro
Series Title: History of Analytic Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25008-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25007-2Published: 09 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25010-2Published: 09 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25008-9Published: 28 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-5994
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 343
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Language, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics