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44Investigations §128: Theses in philosophy and undogmatic procedureIn Hans Johann Glock & Robert Arrington (eds.), Glock, Hans Johann (1991). Investigations §128: Theses in philosophy and undogmatic procedure. In: Glock, Hans Johann; Arrington, Robert. Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations. London/New York: Routledge, 69-88, . pp. 69-88. 1991.
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17Philosophical Investigations: principles of interpretationIn Hans Johann Glock, W. Brandl & R. Haller (eds.), Schriftenreihe der Wittgenstein-Gesellschaft, . pp. 152-162. 1990.
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51Relativism and radical interpretationThe European Legacy 2 (4): 603-608. 1997.It has been argued by a number of philosophers that relativism of rationality and truth is inconsistent with the preconditions for radical interpretation of speech. For radical interpretation involves the imposition of certain universal standards of rationality and truth upon the material to be interpreted. Hence an anti-Relativist argument ensues. Against this, I argue that the principles of radical interpretation leave sufficient slack for relativism of a non-Trivial sort to creep in
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28The Euthanasia Debate in Germany - What's the Fuss?Journal of Applied Philosophy 11 (2): 213-224. 1994.Both opponents and proponents of Singer's right to speak about euthanasia have concentrated on the tenability of his claims. They have ignored the question of what legitimate grounds there are for suppressing academic discussion, and have failed to take into account the discussion of freedom of speech in recent legal theory. To do this is the aim of my paper. Section I claims that Singer's position is immoral. Section 2 turns to the question of whether it is protected by freedom of speech, irres…Read more
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376Animals, thoughts and conceptsSynthese 123 (1): 35-104. 2000.There are three main positions on animalthought: lingualism denies that non-linguistic animalshave any thoughts; mentalism maintains that theirthoughts differ from ours only in degree, due totheir different perceptual inputs; an intermediateposition, occupied by common sense and Wittgenstein,maintains that animals can have thoughts of a simplekind. This paper argues in favor of an intermediateposition. It considers the most important arguments infavor of lingualism, namely those inspired byDav…Read more
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150The Anthropological Difference: What Can Philosophers Do To Identify the Differences Between Human and Non-human Animals?Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 70 105-131. 2012.This paper considers the question of whether there is a human-animal or ‘anthropological difference'. It starts with a historical introduction to the project of philosophical anthropology. Section 2 explains the philosophical quest for an anthropological difference. Sections 3-4 are methodological and explain how philosophical anthropology should be pursued in my view, namely as impure conceptual analysis. The following two sections discuss two fundamental objections to the very idea of such a d…Read more
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23Critical discussionErkenntnis 36 (1): 117-128. 1992.v. Savigny's commentary is a remarkable achievement and essential reading for all scholars of the Investigations. It brings to the exegetical enterprise something new and important — the challenge of an immanent approach and the tool of German philology. However, some of the potential gains may be lost by his leitmotiv of a tight master-scheme. In my view this ‘central theses’ scheme presses Wittgenstein's multifaceted masterpiece into an unsuitable Procrustean bed and tends to impoverish v. Sav…Read more
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44A Wittgenstein DictionaryWiley-Blackwell. 1996.This lucid and accessible dictionary presents technical terms that Wittgenstein introduced into philosophical debate or transformed substantially, and also topics to which he made a substantial contribution. Hans-Johann Glock places Wittgenstein's ideas in their relevance to current debates. The entries delineate Wittgenstein's lines of argument on particular issues, assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and shed light on fundamental exegetical controversies. The dictionary entries are prefa…Read more
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16Rise of Analytic Philosophy (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 1997.They try to identify key themes and methods in 20th century analytical philosophy and assess various conceptions of what analytical philosophy like that of Dummett is by comparing them with the methodology and practice of eminent analytical philosophers.