When words are called for : a defense of ordinary language philosophy / Avner Baz.
| Author/creator | Baz, Avner, 1964- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | xv, 238 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The basic conflict: an initial characterization -- The main arguments against ordinary language philosophy -- Must philosophers rely on intuitions? -- Contextualism and the burden of knowledge -- Contextualism, anti-contextualism, and knowing as being in a position to give assurance -- Conclusion: skepticism and the dialectic of (semantically pure) "knowledge" -- Epilogue: ordinary language philosophy, Kant, and the roots of antinomial thinking. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011039381 |
| ISBN | 9780674055223 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674055225 (alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40020695881 |