Philosophy 490 - Wittgenstein's Critique of Language

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Hiram College

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This class will be an extended analysis of on of the 20th century's greatest philosophers: Ludwig Wittgenstein. The single most important figure in Analytic Philosophy, Wittgenstein's entire body of work pursues the question of language. What is language? How does it work? What are its limitations? Our study of his work will examine both early and later Wittgenstein to trace out the continuities as well as the breaks between the periods (at one point, he wanted his two great works, the Tractatus and Philosophical Investigations, to be published together in one tome), and we will examine his impact on analytic philosophy by reading a representative from each of the two movements he influenced.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HIRAM.EDU

Phone Number:

(330) 569-3211

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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