Modernism and the Language Of Philosophy

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1、ModernismandtheLanguageofPhilosophyModernismcanbecharacterisedbytheacuteattentionitgivestolanguage,toitspotentialanditslimitations.Philosophers,artistsandliterarycriticswhoworkedinthefirstthirdofthetwentiethcentury,ontheonehandemphasisedlanguage’screativep

2、otential,butontheother,itsimpotenceinconveyingwhatwasaimedat.Inparticular,modernistssharedthebeliefthatphilosophicallanguagewasataloss;thatthekindoftruthsubspecieaeternithatwassoughtbyphilosophersiseithermeaninglessorismoreappropriatelyexpressedbythearts–e

3、speciallybyliteratureandpoetry.ModernismandtheLanguageofPhilosophyaddressesthechallengethisbeliefposedtophilosophy,arguingthatthemodernistassumptionrestsuponahostofunacknowledged,repressedordenieddogmasortacitimages.AnatMatarbeginsbyinvestigatingtheideasth

4、atbringoutthiscrisisinphilo-sophicallanguage,throughexaminingtherelevantviewsoftheearlyWittgenstein,CarnapandArtaud.Thebookgoesontolookattherootsofthemodernistcrisis,focusingonFregeandHusserl’sinnovativeideasandanalysingtheinnertensionsinthispre-modernera.

5、AcontemporarysolutionisexploreddrawingontheworkofMichaelDummettandJacquesDerrida.ThesetwophilosophersdrivethenarrativeofModernismandtheLanguageofPhilosophyandserveaslensesthroughwhichbothpastandpresentdayphilosophersarelookedat.ThroughtheperspectivesofDumm

6、ettandDerridaadialogueisformedbetweenthetwophilosophicaltradi-tionsofthetwentiethcentury–analyticandcontinental–andMatarshowsthatthedynamicsofthoughtaboutlanguage,philosophyandphilosophicallanguageinthesetraditionscannotbedetachedfromoneanother.AnatMataris

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8、DonaldDavidsonTruth,MeaningandKnowledge13CollingwoodandtheMetaphysicsofEditedbyUrszulaM.ZeglénExperienceAReinterpretation3PhilosophyandOrdinaryLanguageGiuseppinaD’OroTheBentandGeniusofOurTongueOswaldHanfling1