Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy

Focused On Clarity And Logical Argument, Analytic Philosophy Has Dominated The Discipline In The United States, Great Britain And Australia For The Past Century, And Is Often Seen As A Unified, Coherent And Inevitable Advancement. Laugier Questions This Assumption, Rethinking The Very Grounds That Drove Analytic Philosophy To Develop And Uncovering Its Inherent Tensions And Confusions. From Empiricism To Realism -- Relativity, Conceptual Schemes, And Theories -- Truth, Language, And Immanence -- Language, Facts, And Experience -- Empiricism Again -- Language As Given: Words, Differences, Agreements -- The Ordinary As Heritage: Natural And Conventional -- The Myth Of Inexpressiveness -- To Speak, To Say Nothing, To Mean To Say. Sandra Laugier ; Translated By Daniela Ginsburg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.