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Principles of Linguistic Philosophy1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2010

Steven Davis
Steven Davis
Affiliation:
University of Oslo
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Extract

The view of linguistic philosophy presented in Waismann's book is one which has become stock in trade of some analytic philosophers. Philosophical problems are engendered by a superficial view of language. We are misled by linguistic analogies. Because a word is used in one context with one meaning, we think that it can be used in all contexts in this way (pp. 11, 60, 78, 179). Consequently, Waismann conceives philosophical activity as not answering ‘deep’ questions, but rather as clarifying the misconceptions which drive us to ask such questions.

Type
Critical Notices/Études critiques
Information
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , March 1968 , pp. 596 - 603
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1968

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References

1 The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy, by F. Waismann, edited by R. Harré. Toronto: The Macmillan Co. of Canada. 1965. pp. xii, 422. $6.00.