Wittgenstein’s Metaphilosophy

Paul-Horwich, Kirsten Dierolf

Abstract

Paul Horwich is professor of philosophy at New York University and has taught at many prestigious universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , UCLA, the École Normale Superieure and the University of Tokyo. In his latest book on “Wittgenstein’s Metaphilosophy”, he suggests:

1. that Wittgenstein’s ideas may be formulated clearly and that decent arguments may be given in support of them.
2. that the foundation of his treatments of specific issues concerning language, the mind, and so on, is his deflationary metaphilosophical point of view – his anti-theoretical concep- tion of what philosophy is – and not his claims about rule following and meaning.

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