Wittgenstein: The Senses of Use
Wittgenstein: The Senses of Use (The France Chicago Collection) by Sandra Laugier, translated by Daniela Ginsburg
English | October 21, 2025 | ISBN: 0226824578 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 0.4 MB
English | October 21, 2025 | ISBN: 0226824578 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 0.4 MB
A holistic introduction to Wittgenstein’s philosophy that approaches him as a philosopher of ordinary life.
One of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s most consequential claims was that the meaning of the word, its sense, is its use in language. This deceptively simple claim, the foundation of what became known as ordinary language philosophy, has animated thinkers across disciplinary bounds from metaphysics to ethics and more. In The Senses of Use, Sandra Laugier embarks on a fresh journey through Wittgenstein’s corpus that emphasizes the place of ordinary life and language in its thought. Through his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations, and rich posthumously published works, Laugier offers a compelling new look at Wittgenstein as a philosopher of mind.