The term ‘the linguistic turn’ refers to a radical reconception of the nature of philosophy and i... more The term ‘the linguistic turn’ refers to a radical reconception of the nature of philosophy and its methods, according to which philosophy is neither an empirical science nor a supraempirical enquiry into the essential features of reality; instead, it is an a priori conceptual discipline which aims to elucidate the complex interrelationships among philosophically relevant concepts, as embodied in established linguistic usage, and by doing so dispel conceptual confusions and solve philosophical problems. The linguistic turn originated with Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921). In the 1920s and early 1930s, the logical positivists deepened the turn through their outright rejection of metaphysics; in line with their scientific outlook, they also sought to merge it with ‘ideal language philosophy’. The linguistic turn was developed in a different direction by the later Wittgenstein and ‘ordinary language philosophers’ after him. While no less hostile to metaphysics than ...
WITTGENSTEIN ANDMORAL PHILOSOPHY stein's philosophical achievement lies in the fiment of a n... more WITTGENSTEIN ANDMORAL PHILOSOPHY stein's philosophical achievement lies in the fiment of a new philosophical method rather than :>ration of a particular philosophical system, hod involves a totally new way of looking at phical problems, a method which Paul Johnston i to the ...
... On the one hand, Wittgenstein radicalized and linguistically transformed Kant's ... more ... On the one hand, Wittgenstein radicalized and linguistically transformed Kant's critical conception of philosophy as setting the bounds of sense; on the other hand, he toyed with mystical ideas and was hostile toward aspects of science and the Enlightenment (see Glock 2001). ...
The term ‘the linguistic turn’ refers to a radical reconception of the nature of philosophy and i... more The term ‘the linguistic turn’ refers to a radical reconception of the nature of philosophy and its methods, according to which philosophy is neither an empirical science nor a supraempirical enquiry into the essential features of reality; instead, it is an a priori conceptual discipline which aims to elucidate the complex interrelationships among philosophically relevant concepts, as embodied in established linguistic usage, and by doing so dispel conceptual confusions and solve philosophical problems. The linguistic turn originated with Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921). In the 1920s and early 1930s, the logical positivists deepened the turn through their outright rejection of metaphysics; in line with their scientific outlook, they also sought to merge it with ‘ideal language philosophy’. The linguistic turn was developed in a different direction by the later Wittgenstein and ‘ordinary language philosophers’ after him. While no less hostile to metaphysics than ...
WITTGENSTEIN ANDMORAL PHILOSOPHY stein's philosophical achievement lies in the fiment of a n... more WITTGENSTEIN ANDMORAL PHILOSOPHY stein's philosophical achievement lies in the fiment of a new philosophical method rather than :>ration of a particular philosophical system, hod involves a totally new way of looking at phical problems, a method which Paul Johnston i to the ...
... On the one hand, Wittgenstein radicalized and linguistically transformed Kant's ... more ... On the one hand, Wittgenstein radicalized and linguistically transformed Kant's critical conception of philosophy as setting the bounds of sense; on the other hand, he toyed with mystical ideas and was hostile toward aspects of science and the Enlightenment (see Glock 2001). ...
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