The Linguistic Turn (book by Richard Rorty)

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The Linguistic Turn is a 1967 anthology edited by philosopher Richard Rorty that helped popularize the idea that philosophical problems are fundamentally problems of language, marking a key moment in 20th-century analytic philosophy.

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academicDiscipline history of analytic philosophy
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philosophy of language
author Richard Rorty
contains critical commentary by Richard Rorty
countryOfPublication United States of America
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editor Richard Rorty
editorialGoal to assess the significance of linguistic analysis for philosophy
to present key texts of the linguistic turn in philosophy
editorialPerspective critical survey of analytic philosophy
editorNationality American
focusesOn idea that philosophical problems are problems of language
hasEdition 1992 expanded edition
hasInfluenceOn debates about the nature of analytic philosophy
interpretations of the linguistic turn in 20th-century thought
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bibliographical essay by Richard Rorty
contemporary essays on philosophy of language
historical essays on analytic philosophy
includesWorkBy Bertrand Russell
Gilbert Ryle
Gottlob Frege
J. L. Austin
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
P. F. Strawson
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Rudolf Carnap
Willard Van Orman Quine
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influenced discussion of the linguistic turn in philosophy
self-understanding of analytic philosophy
language English
notableFor framing philosophical problems as problems of language
historical overview of analytic philosophy
popularizing the term "linguistic turn"
philosophicalOrientation analytic philosophy
publicationYear 1967
publisher University of Chicago Press
subject 20th-century philosophy
analytic philosophy
linguistic turn
metaphilosophy
philosophy of language
timePeriodCovered early 20th-century analytic philosophy
mid-20th-century analytic philosophy
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