Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to Ethics / Cora Diamond.

Cora Diamond follows two major philosophers as they think about thinking, and about our ability to respond to thinking that has gone astray. Acting as both witness to and participant in the encounter, she provides fresh perspective on the value of Wittgenstein's and Anscombe's work, and de...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Diamond, Cora (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]
Edition:Ebook available to selected US libraries only.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Wittgenstein, Anscombe, and the Activity of Philosophy
  • Introduction
  • 1. Finding One's Way into the Tractatus
  • 2. Saying and Showing: An Example from Anscombe
  • 3. Reading the Tractatus with G. E. M. Anscombe
  • PART II. Wittgenstein, Anscombe, and What Can Only Be True
  • Introduction
  • 4. Wittgenstein and What Can Only Be True
  • 5. Disagreements: Anscombe, Geach, Wittgenstein
  • PART III. Going On to Think about Ethics
  • Introduction
  • 6. Asymmetries in Thinking about Thought: Anscombe and Wiggins
  • 7. Truth in Ethics: Williams and Wiggins
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.