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Questions on Philosophy of Language emphasizing Wittgenstein
- development of philosophy of language
and contributions of Russell and Moore
- philosophy of language is not meant for doing
philosophy but to understand it - explain
- referential theory, Emotive theory, Ideational theory, behavioral theory,
picture theory,
Referential theory, Bearer theory, use
theory of meaning
- Is
the empirical criterion
of meaning acceptable? Discuss after Hampel.
- ordinary and artificial language philosophy
- vagueness and ambiguity of language
7.
meaning of meaning
8. philosophy
of language - its problems
9. Distinction
between meaning and reference.
do all meaningful sentences refer to something?
10. verifiability of meaning. What are the criteria of verifiability? explain.
11. Rules of language
12. Analytical
philosophers and Wittgenstein's views about the justification of religious and metaphysical propositions.
13. essence of language. wittgenstein's views against the essence of language.
14. Wittgensteins's views on the relation of the
world and freedom of will.
15. What
does Wittgenstein mean by language
game
16. influence
of wittgenstein's philosophy on the logical
positivists' philosophy
17. What
does Wittgenstein mean by family
resemblance? Explain.
18. conceptual analysis of language
19. what does Wittgenstein mean by proposition? what is the relation between proposition and truth?
20. Wittgenstein's influence on the logical
positivists
21. What
does Wittgenstein mean by private
language?
22. Discuss
Wittgenstein's views of the "Forms of Life"
23. Proposition and elucidation
24. Wittgenstein's views regarding scepticism
25. Mention
the central point of
the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.
Discuss in this connection the purpose and function of Philosophy
26. "The
world consists of facts, not of things" explain this statement after Wittgenstein.
27. What
is logical atomism? Russell
and Wittgenstein on logical atomism
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