Wittgenstein, Mind and Meaning

Download or read book Wittgenstein, Mind and Meaning written by Meredith Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wittgenstein, Mind and Meaning offers a provocative re-reading of Wittgenstein's later writings on language and mind, and explores the tensions between Wittgenstein's ideas and contemporary cognitivist conceptions of the mental. This book addresses both Wittgenstein's later works as well as contemporary issues in philosophy of mind. It provides fresh insight into the later Wittgenstein and raises vital questions about the foundations of cognitivism and its wider implications for psychology and cognitive science.