linguistic turn
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The linguistic turn is a major 20th-century philosophical movement, associated with figures like Ludwig Wittgenstein, that centers philosophical inquiry on the analysis of language and its role in shaping thought and reality.
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20th-century philosophy movement
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movement in analytic philosophy ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher |
Bertrand Russell
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Donald Davidson ⓘ G. E. Moore ⓘ Gilbert Ryle ⓘ Gottlob Frege ⓘ Hans-Georg Gadamer ⓘ J. L. Austin ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Michael Dummett ⓘ Richard Rorty ⓘ Rudolf Carnap ⓘ Saul Kripke ⓘ Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
surface form:
W. V. O. Quine
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| characterizedBy |
emphasis on analysis of ordinary and formal languages
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focus on linguistic clarification of philosophical problems ⓘ view that many philosophical problems arise from misunderstandings of language ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
pre-linguistic approaches to philosophy
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traditional metaphysical speculation ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPhase |
early analytic phase
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ordinary language phase ⓘ post-analytic and continental appropriations ⓘ |
| hasIntellectualContext |
analytic philosophy
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hermeneutics ⓘ logical positivism ⓘ ordinary language philosophy ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| hasKeyClaim |
language shapes our access to reality
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philosophical problems are often problems of language ⓘ understanding language is central to understanding thought ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
language games
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linguistic analysis of philosophical problems ⓘ linguistic mediation of experience ⓘ logical form ⓘ meaning as use ⓘ ordinary language ⓘ reference and meaning ⓘ speech acts ⓘ truth and language ⓘ |
| hasMainFocus |
analysis of language
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role of language in reality ⓘ role of language in thought ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
linguistic analysis as method of philosophy
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priority of language in philosophical problems ⓘ |
| influencedField |
critical theory
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epistemology ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ literary theory ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
How to Do Things with Words
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Philosophical Investigations ⓘ The Linguistic Turn (book by Richard Rorty) ⓘ Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ⓘ Truth and Method ⓘ Word and Object ⓘ |
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