Review of "Clarity and Confusion in Social Theory" by Leonidas Tsilipakos

Robert Vinten

Authors

Robert Vinten Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Keywords:

ontology, ordinary language philosophy, Ludwig Wittgenstein, social science

Abstract

Book review of Tsilipakos, Leonidas: Clarity and Confusion in Social Theory: Taking Concepts Seriously. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015.

Author Biography

Robert Vinten, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Robert Vinten is working on a doctoral thesis about Wittgenstein and social theory at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). He has previously published various articles about the implications of Wittgenstein's philosophy for politics and ethics.

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