Philosophical Grammar

Philosophical Grammar
Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1991-01-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0631118918

Wittgenstein wrote the Philosophical Grammar during the years 1931 to 1934 - the period just before he began to dictate the Blue Book. Although it is close to the Investigations in some points, and to the Phiosophische Bemerkungen at others, the Philosophical Grammar is an independent work which covers new ground. It is Wittgenstein's fullest treatment of logic and mathematics in their connection with his later understanding of 'proposition', 'sign', and 'system'. He also discusses inference and generality - critisizing views of Frege and Russell as well as earlier views of his own - and the treatment of mathematical proof in this book, especially of inductive or recursive proofs, is deeper and more extensive than previously.

The Philosophy of Grammar

The Philosophy of Grammar
Author: Otto Jespersen
Publisher: London, Allen and Unwin
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1925
Genre: Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN:

Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis of Language

Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis of Language
Author: Dino Buzzetti
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027245258

This volume brings together papers originally presented at a seminar series on Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis, held at the University of Bologna in 1984. The seminars aimed at considering various aspects of the interplay between linguistic theories on the one hand, and theories of meaning and logic on the other. The point of view was mainly historical, but a theoretical approach was also considered relevant. Theories of grammar and related topics were taken as a focal point of interest; their interaction with philosophical reflections on languages was examined in presentations dealing with different authors and periods, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Kazimierz Twardowski: A Grammar for Philosophy

Kazimierz Twardowski: A Grammar for Philosophy
Author: Maria van der Schaar
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2015-10-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004304037

Kazimierz Twardowski (1866-1938) is the founder of the Lvov-Warsaw School with its strong tradition in logic and its scientific approach to philosophy. Twardowski’s unique way of doing philosophy, his method, is of central importance for understanding his impact as a teacher. This method can be understood as a philosophical grammar, which is also how Leibniz conceived his universal language of thought. Analytic philosophy in the twentieth century can be characterized by its opposition to psychologism, on the one hand, and its opposition to metaphysics, on the other. This is changing now, as questions within the philosophy of mind and metaphysics are raised by analytic philosophers today. Maria van der Schaar shows in her book that we can improve our analytic methods by making use of Twardowski’s philosophical grammar. Twardowski’s positive attitude to psychology and metaphysics may also help us to develop an analytic metaphysics and to get a better understanding of the relation between psychology and philosophy.

Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity

Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Author: Anneli Luhtala
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2005-02-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9027275122

This book examines the various philosophical influences contained in the ancient description of the noun. According to the traditional view, grammar adopted its philosophical categories in the second century B.C. and continued to make use of precisely the same concepts for over six hundred years, that is, until the time of Priscian (ca. 500). The standard view is questioned in this study, which investigates in detail the philosophy contained in Priscian’s Institutiones grammaticae. This investigation reveals a distinctly Platonic element in Priscian’s grammar, which has not been recognised in linguistic historiography. Thus, grammar manifestly interacted with philosophy in Late Antiquity. This discovery led to the reconsideration of the origin of all the philosophical categories of the noun. Since the authenticity of the Techne, which was attributed to Dionysius Thrax, is now regarded as uncertain, it is possible to speculate that the semantic categories are derived from Late Antiquity.