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- Cavell’s Must We Mean What We Say? at 50
- Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
- Cavell’s Must We Mean What We Say? at 50
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations for Cavell’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Ordinary Language and Its Philosophy
- 1 Must We Mean What We Say? and Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 2 Revolutionary Uses of Wittgenstein in Must We Mean What We Say?
- 3 Actions and Their Elaboration
- 4 Faces of the Ordinary
- Part II Aesthetics and the Modern
- Part III Tragedy and the Self
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Index of References to Cavell’s Works
2 - Revolutionary Uses of Wittgenstein in Must We Mean What We Say?
from Part I - Ordinary Language and Its Philosophy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 March 2022
- Cavell’s Must We Mean What We Say? at 50
- Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
- Cavell’s Must We Mean What We Say? at 50
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations for Cavell’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Ordinary Language and Its Philosophy
- 1 Must We Mean What We Say? and Ordinary Language Philosophy
- 2 Revolutionary Uses of Wittgenstein in Must We Mean What We Say?
- 3 Actions and Their Elaboration
- 4 Faces of the Ordinary
- Part II Aesthetics and the Modern
- Part III Tragedy and the Self
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Index of References to Cavell’s Works
Summary
An exploration of what made Cavell’s debut with Wittgenstein so revolutionary, not only at the time he wrote it, but in relation to themes that have continued to rise tenaciously to prominence within philosophy, especially philosophy of language and epistemology, since 1969. Rule-following and skepticism; truth, conventionalism, necessity, and creativity in meaning; the New Wittgenstein and Cavell’s overcoming of the idea of Wittgenstein as an end-of-philosophy or conservative philosopher; the transformation of Wittgenstein into a radically reformist philosopher. These are strewn throughout Must We Mean What We Say? through Cavell’s radically new redeployment of Wittgenstein in and for ordinary language philosophy conceived as a liberatory tradition, a tradition whose significance has lasted into our time.
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- Cavell's Must We Mean What We Say? at 50 , pp. 34 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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