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crisis of method in contemporary analytic philosophy
Avner Baz presents a critique of the working practices of analytic philosophy in recent decades. He challenges the assumptions on which the philosophical 'method of cases' rests, and he presents a pragmatist conception of language on which the method of cases as used both 'armchair' and 'experimental' philosophers is fundamentally misguided.
Introduction: armchair philosophy, experimental philosophy, and the minimal assumption -- Methodological confusion in armchair and experimental philosophy -- Internal difficulties in defending the method of cases, and the chain of continuity -- The method of cases and the representationalist conception of language -- Contemporary contextualism and the twilight of representationalism -- The alternative conception of language -- Acquiring knowledge -- an alternative model -- Conclusion: on going (and getting) nowhere with our words.
Includes bibliographical references and index.