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17Wittgenstein and Psychology: on our ‘Hook Up’ to RealityRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 28 193-208. 1990.We must do away with explanation, and description alone must take its place. And this description gets its light, that is to say its purpose, from … philosophical problems. These are, of course, not empirical problems; they are solved, rather, by looking into the workings of our language, and that in such a way as to make us recognize those workings: in spite of an urge to misunderstand them. The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have already known. Phi…Read more
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125Underlabourers for science or toolmakers for society? (review)History of the Human Sciences 3 (3): 443-457. 1990.Roy Bhaskar, Reclaiming Reality: a Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy, London: Verso, 1989, £24.95, paper £8.95, ix + 218 pp
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22Making Sense on the Boundaries: On Moving Between Philosophy and PsychotherapyRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 37 55-. 1994.The philosopher is the man who has to cure himself of many sicknesses of the understanding before he can arrive at the notions of the sound human understanding.
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24From minds hidden in the heads of individuals to the use of mind-talk between us: Wittgensteinian developmental investigationsJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 36 (3). 2006.I criticize Carpendale and Lewis's attempt to produce a Wittgensteinian theory, as an alternative to work in the “theory of mind” tradition, not because I disagree with it as theory, but because Wittgenstein would be critical of any attempt to make such a use of his work. Theories are concerned with discovering rules, principles, of lawful regularities hidden behind appearances. Wittgenstein's whole latter philosophy is inimical to such an aim. His concern is not with theories but with descripti…Read more
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University of New Hampshire, DurhamRegular Faculty
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Action |
Philosophy of Social Science |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Mind |
Continental Philosophy |