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Must we mean what we say? : a book of essays / Stanley Cavell.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge philosophy classicsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xl, 331 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781107534230
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 190 CAV
Contents:
1. Must we mean what we say?; 2. The availability of Wittgenstein's later philosophy; 3. Aesthetic problems of modern philosophy; 4. Austin at criticism; 5. Ending the waiting game: a reading of Beckett's Endgame; 6. Kierkegaard's On Authority and Revelation; 7. Music discomposed; 8. A matter of meaning it; 9. Knowing and acknowledging; 10. The avoidance of love: a reading of King Lear
Summary: In this seminal collection of diverse and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell delves into a wide array of philosophical topics, spanning politics, ethics, the arts, and philosophy itself. The essays address a range of subjects, including the contrasting approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy, modernism, Wittgenstein, abstract expressionism and Schoenberg, Shakespeare's exploration of human needs, the challenges of authorship, Kierkegaard, and post-Enlightenment religion.
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Includes index.

1. Must we mean what we say?; 2. The availability of Wittgenstein's later philosophy; 3. Aesthetic problems of modern philosophy; 4. Austin at criticism; 5. Ending the waiting game: a reading of Beckett's Endgame; 6. Kierkegaard's On Authority and Revelation; 7. Music discomposed; 8. A matter of meaning it; 9. Knowing and acknowledging; 10. The avoidance of love: a reading of King Lear

In this seminal collection of diverse and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell delves into a wide array of philosophical topics, spanning politics, ethics, the arts, and philosophy itself. The essays address a range of subjects, including the contrasting approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy, modernism, Wittgenstein, abstract expressionism and Schoenberg, Shakespeare's exploration of human needs, the challenges of authorship, Kierkegaard, and post-Enlightenment religion.

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