The Many Faces of Language Games
Title | The Many Faces of Language Games PDF eBook |
Author | Jesús Padilla Gálvez |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 197 |
Release | 2024-11-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3111577724 |
Wittgenstein used the concept of language games to refer to all forms of linguistic expression in practical contexts and to the myriad ways in which signs are used in language. He used the term to specify speaking as an activity and to relate it to a form of life. Wittgenstein was well aware that his proposal for “language games” did not solve the central problems of language. Until today, the essential characteristics of the concept remain unspecified. The contributors in this volume analyze the reasons for the difficulties in understanding the concept and propose new essential characteristics and contents, by examining language games such as certainty and error, belief, strategy, and their linguistic foundations.
The Many Faces of Relativism
Title | The Many Faces of Relativism PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Baghramian |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2015-10-14 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1317701658 |
This book is a study of relativism as a dominant intellectual preoccupation of our time. Relativism asks how we are to find a way out of intractable differences of perspectives and disagreements in various domains. Standards of truth, rationality, and ethical right and wrong vary greatly and there are no universal criteria for adjudicating between them. In considering this problem, relativism suggests that what is true or right can only be determined within variable contexts of assessment. This book brings together articles published in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies over a period of 17 years, as well as in a Special Issue of the journal published in 2004. The chapters in Section I discuss some of the main forms of relativism. Section II sheds light on the different motivations for relativism, assessing their strengths and weaknesses. Section III provides a detailed examination of the vexed question of whether Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his later work, supported relativism. The varied responses to this important question shed light on the issues discussed in Sections I and II. This collection is a lively and engaging resource for scholars interested in the crucial impact relativism has had on the way we think about the meaning of truth, and what is right and wrong. The chapters in this book were originally published in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
The Many Faces of Homosexuality
Title | The Many Faces of Homosexuality PDF eBook |
Author | Evelyn Blackwood |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2013-04-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136550593 |
This groundbreaking book examines the diverse manifestations of homosexuality in various historical periods and non-Western cultures. The distinguished authors examine Kimam male ritualized homosexual behavior, Mexican homosexual interaction in public contexts, male homosexuality and spirit possession in Brazil, and much more.
The Many Faces of Wisdom
Title | The Many Faces of Wisdom PDF eBook |
Author | Phil Washburn |
Publisher | Pearson |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Sixteen original essays that discuss the question "what is philosophy." Each essay presents on great philosopher's unique vision of the nature of philosophy, and the collection illustrates the diversity of approaches that make philosophy perennially fascinating and that also make the great philosophers our contemporaries. Additional commentaries give readers a rich, multifaceted understanding of the meaning of philosophy. -- Publisher description
Imitation in Animals and Artifacts
Title | Imitation in Animals and Artifacts PDF eBook |
Author | Chrystopher L. Nehaniv |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 644 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9780262042031 |
An interdisciplinary overview of current research on imitation in animals and artifacts.
The Many Faces of Dyslexia
Title | The Many Faces of Dyslexia PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret B. Rawson |
Publisher | International Dyslexia Assoc |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Dyslexia |
ISBN | 9780892140053 |
"This book is primarily about dyslexia as we relate to it through science, education, and social and emotional realities. It is a hopeful book. It aims to clear the scene by showing how well, often superbly, people who address life with what I like to call superbly, people who address life with what I like to call the dyskexuc cast of mind can and do make their way in the world." p.x.
The Many Faces of the Divine
Title | The Many Faces of the Divine PDF eBook |
Author | Hermann Ha ring |
Publisher | Orbis Books |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Religion |
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