Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Budd, Malcolm, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1989.
Series:International library of philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Wittgenstein's conception of the philosophy of psychology. Introspection and definition. The classification of psychological concepts. Psychological concepts, privacy, and behaviour. Mythical states of consciousness
  • Consciousness and the understanding of language: Presence and absence. The extrinsic and intrinsic conception of the fictitious state of consciousness. Dispositions and mental mechanisms. Meaning and counter-factual conditionals. The constitution of meaning. The two themes. Meaning and interpretation. Meaning, capacity, and practice. The community interpretation. Rationalism and the chain of reasons. Agreement in judgements
  • Sensations and sense-impressions: The myth of the given. Microcosm and macrocosm. The private object of internal observation. Critique of the private object: I. Deriving a name from an object. Memory-samples. Public and private languages. Critique of the private object: II. Lack of justification: self-ascription and rule-following. Sensations and causation
  • Seeing aspects: Noticing an aspect and the experience of meaning. Different kinds of aspect. Aspects of organization. Sensational and representational properties of visual experience. Seeing and interpretation. Direct and indirect descriptions of aspect perception. Aspect perception and interpretation. Aspect perception and seeing. The solution
  • Images, internal speech, and calculation in the head: Two kinds of concept of the imagination. A sketch of the concept of an image. Images, genuine duration, and vivacity. The subjection of images to the will: negative considerations. The subjections of images to the will: the positive account. The distinction between visualising and seeing. Confounding image and reality. Images and information about the external world. Image and pictures. Calculation and speech: inner and outer processes
  • Thought and intention: The ramifications of thought and intention. Wittgenstein's early conception of thought. The expression of thought in words. A conscious inner vehicle of thought. The harmony of thought and reality. Sign, shadow, and reality. The problem of intentional representation. Intentional representation: the solution. Thought, intention, and language: differences of category
  • Feelings, emotions, and the body: Concepts of feeling. Awareness of bodily position and movement. The feeling of motion and position. A sketch of the concept of the emotions. Directed and undirected emotions. The emotional colouring of thoughts. Emotions and information about the external world. William James's theory of the emotions. The emotions and introspection.