Understanding Wittgenstein: Studies of Philosophical Investigations

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• CONTENTS v
• ABBREVIATIONS vi
• PREFACE vii
• One - DOES EVERY WORD HAVE A MEANING? 1
• Two - NAMES, USE AND GRAMMAR 7
• Three - ON THE QUESTION 'WHAT HAPPENS WHEN . . . ?' 27
• Four - UNDERSTANDING WORDS AND UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE 43
• Five - A PROBLEM ABOUT THE IDEA OF FAMILY RESEMBLANCES 53
• Six - THE SCOPE OF THE IDEA OF FAMILY RESEMBLANCES 61
• Seven - KNOWING HOW TO GO ON 69
• Eight - THE HARRIED MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTOR 77
• Nine - SENSATIONS AND BLOOD PRESSURE 84
• Ten - THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PAIN AND LIVING HUMAN BEINGS 90
• Eleven - THE BEETLE BOX 98
• Twelve - THE PICTURE POT 106
• Thirteen - THE PICTURE AND THE IMAGE OF PAIN 113
• Fourteen - ON BEING 'A SOMETHING' 119
• Fifteen - HOW TO SOUND DECEPTIVELY LIKE A BEHAVIOURIST 129
• Sixteen - CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE CHIEF 138
• Seventeen - PICTURES AND THEIR APPLICATION 146
• Eighteen - HOW SENTENCES REPRESENT 155
• Nineteen - WHAT IT IS LIKE TO MEAN SOMETHING? 161
• Twenty - DISGUISED AND PATENT NONSENSE 165
• Twenty-One - ON THE QUESTION WHY ONE THINKS 173
• Twenty-Two - SUBTRACTING (AND ADDING) LANGUAGE 186
• Twenty-Three - SUBTRACTING THE FACT THAT ONE'S ARM GOES UP 198
• Twenty-Four - DEPTH GRAMMAR 204
• Twenty-Five - ON THE SOUL 211
• Twenty-Six - GETTING RID OF THE IDEA OF THE PRIVATE OBJECT 223
• Twenty-Seven - ON BEING HIDDEN 231
• INDEXES 244

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