Research Article

A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY

Volume: 8 Number: 2 October 30, 2021
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A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

Ordinary language philosophy is concerned with producing a philosophical insight and sometimes dissolving a pseudo-philosophical problem by looking at ordinary uses of language. There are numerous philosophers in the ordinary language philosophy tradition, notably Wittgenstein, Ryle, Austin. They each offered their respective versions of ordinary language philosophy. Ordinary language philosophy was fashionable during the thirties and forties in Britain, but it mysteriously lost its popularity after the fifties. Perhaps objections against ordinary language philosophy, notably by philosophers such as Fodor and Katz, Russell, Gellner and so on, have led to its demise. In this paper, I present a Wittgensteinian reconstruction of ordinary language philosophy. I argue that such a reconstruction can deal with all of the aforementioned objections. Moreover, a Wittgensteinian ordinary language philosophy offers a viable methodology for philosophy.

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Thanks

This work was supported by the BAGEP Award of the Science Academy.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 30, 2021

Submission Date

January 8, 2021

Acceptance Date

April 6, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Keven, N. (2021). A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 8(2), 114-126. https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW
AMA
1.Keven N. A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 2021;8(2):114-126. https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW
Chicago
Keven, Nazim. 2021. “A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 8 (2): 114-26. https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW.
EndNote
Keven N (October 1, 2021) A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 8 2 114–126.
IEEE
[1]N. Keven, “A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY”, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 114–126, Oct. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW
ISNAD
Keven, Nazim. “A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 8/2 (October 1, 2021): 114-126. https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW.
JAMA
1.Keven N. A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 2021;8:114–126.
MLA
Keven, Nazim. “A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, Oct. 2021, pp. 114-26, https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW.
Vancouver
1.Nazim Keven. A WITTGENSTEINIAN DEFENSE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 1;8(2):114-26. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA35JH58UW