Philosophy and Ordinary Language: Bent and Genius of our Tongue (Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy) (Library Binding)

by Oswald Hanfling (Author) "Philosophers often support their conclusions by reference to the use of language, pointing out that in such and such a case we might use the..." (more)
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This book gives a comprehensive overview of the main practitioners of ordinary language philosophy and their methods. Supplied with a large number of examples, this book allows its reader to follow the line of the argumentation easily.
–Katia Chirkova, Language

Oswald Hanfling has written a lucid, painstaking, thorough and comprehensive defense of a certain method in philosophy, a method used, consciously or not, by many philosophers, derided by some, and mainly associated in our century with the names of Austin and Wittgenstein.
–Sir Peter Strawson, Oxford University



Product Description
Philosophy and Ordinary Language is a defense of the view that philosophy is largely about questions of language, which to a large extent means ordinary language. Oswald Hanfling, a leading expert in the development of analytic philosophy, covers a wide range of topics, including scepticism and the definition of "knowledge," free will, empiricism, "folk psychology," ordinary versus artificial logic, and philosophy versus science. He also draws on philosophers such as Austin, Wittgenstein, and Quine to explore the nature of ordinary language in philosophy.

• Library Binding: 280 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (February 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415217792
• ISBN-13: 978-0415217798
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1 inches
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