WITTGENSTEIN, LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION Back to the Rough Ground
This book is an extension of the discussions presented in Blair’s 1990 book "Language and Representation in Information Retrieval", which was selected as the "Best Information Science Book of the Year" by the American Society for Information Science (ASIS
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Wittgenstein, Language and Information: ‘Back to the Rough Ground!’ by
David Blair
WITTGENSTEIN, LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION
Information Science and Knowledge Management Volume 10
Editor-in-Chief:
J. Mackenzie Owen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Editorial Board:
E. de Smet, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk Y. Fujiwara, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka M. Hedstorm, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI A. Klugkist, UB Groningen, Groningen K.-D. Lehmann, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin C. Lupovici, Universit´e de Marne la Vallee, Marne la Vallee A.M. Paci, Instituto di Studi Sulla Ricerca e Documentazione Scientifica, Roma M. Papazoglou, Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, Tilburg D.J. Waters, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York
WITTGENSTEIN, LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION ‘Back to the Rough Ground!’
by
DAVID BLAIR University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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This book is dedicated to my sons, Alain and Christopher.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements ..............................................................................
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Part I: Introduction .............................................................................
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Why Language?—Why Philosophy?—Why Wittgenstein?........................... Surveying Wittgenstein’s Landscape ......................................................
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Part II: Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Language and Mind .............................
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Language and Thought....................................................................... Benjamin Lee Whorf...................................................................... Problems With Whorf ’s Conjecture ................................................. Wittgenstein on Language and Thought............................................... Wittgenstein’s Methodology ................................................................ The Analysis of Depth Grammar ....................................................... Wittgenstein at Work: Philosophical Investigations .............................. “Five Red Apples”...................................................................... The “Builder’s Language”............................................................. Language Games.............................
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