Words and Things

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Words and Things is a critical philosophical work by Ernest Gellner that challenges the methods and influence of ordinary language philosophy, particularly as practiced by figures like J.L. Austin and the later Wittgenstein.

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instanceOf book
addresses limits of linguistic analysis in philosophy
relationship between language and reality
associatedWith Ernest Gellner bibliography
author Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes J. L. Austin NERFINISHED
later Ludwig Wittgenstein NERFINISHED
ordinary language philosophy
critiques Oxford school of ordinary language philosophy NERFINISHED
focusesOn influence of ordinary language philosophy
methods of ordinary language philosophy
genre philosophy
hasAuthor Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED
hasReception highly controversial among ordinary language philosophers
hasSubtitle A Critical Account of Linguistic Philosophy NERFINISHED
hasTheme critique of philosophical method
role of language in philosophical problems
hasTitle Words and Things NERFINISHED
influencedBy Ernest Gellner's sociological perspective on philosophy
language English
mainSubject ordinary language philosophy
philosophy of language
notableFor controversy within British analytic philosophy
critical attack on ordinary language philosophy
philosophicalDiscipline metaphilosophy
philosophicalTraditionCritiqued analytic philosophy
publicationCentury 20th century
subjectOf philosophical debate

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