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Metaphors Of Knowledge Examines The Work Of Philosopher And Critic Fritz Mauthner, Who Influenced Much Of The Discussion On Language And Literature In Turn-of-the-century Austria And Germany. This Monograph Provides An In-depth Analysis Of Mauthner's Beitrage Zu Einer Kritik Der Sprache, Written In 1901-02, At The Time Of The Linguistic Turn In The History Of Philosophy. Bredeck Analyzes Mauthner's Views Of Language And Knowledge, Then Considers Their Implications For His Understanding Of Philosophy As Language Critique. Noting Historical Parallels Between Mauthner And His Contemporaries, The Author Also Draws On Recent Philosophers And Theorists Including Richard Rorty And Jacques Derrida, Who Have Re-examined Critical Commonplaces About Philosophical Discourse In Particular And Language In A Very General Sense.^ This Study Considers Mauthner's Views On Language And Thought As Metaphorical, Then Traces The Consequences Of Those Views In His Discussion Of Language Origin, History, And The Problems Of Distinguishing Between Both Individual Disciplines And Types Of Disciplines. Bredeck Gives An Overview Of Mauthner's Critique, But Also Does More, Since A Reconstruction Of Key Argumen

Author

ELIZABETH BREDECK

Publisher

Detroit: Wayne State University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814323731

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Philosophy