LEADER 03183nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910778137903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15718-3 010 $a9786612157189 010 $a1-4008-2604-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400826049 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788385 035 $a(EBL)457794 035 $a(OCoLC)436877505 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305969 035 $a(PQKB)11688284 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36172 035 $a(DE-B1597)446436 035 $a(OCoLC)979905159 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400826049 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312566 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457794 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788385 100 $a20030711d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWittgenstein on the arbitrariness of grammar$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael N. Forster 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11366-1 311 $a0-691-12391-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references ([193]-239) and index. 327 $aPt. 1. Grammar, arbitrariness, non-arbitrariness -- pt. 2.The diversity thesis. 330 $aWhat is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? The later Wittgenstein already addresses these fundamental philosophical questions under the general rubric of "grammar" and the question of its "arbitrariness"--and does so with great subtlety. This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. Part I interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized (and otherwise modified) version of Kant's transcendental idealist solution to a puzzle about necessity. It also seeks to reconcile Wittgenstein's seemingly inconsistent answers to the question of whether or not grammar is arbitrary by showing that he believed grammar to be arbitrary in one sense and non-arbitrary in another. Part II focuses on an especially central and contested feature of Wittgenstein's account: a thesis of the diversity of grammars. The author discusses this thesis in connection with the nature of formal logic, the limits of language, and the conditions of semantic understanding or access. Strongly argued and cleary written, this book will appeal not only to philosophers but also to students of the human sciences, for whom Wittgenstein's work holds great relevance. 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general. 676 $a121/.68 700 $aForster$b Michael N$0776233 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778137903321 996 $aWittgenstein on the arbitrariness of grammar$93843798 997 $aUNINA