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Was linguistic philosophy the central theme of Gellner's attack in his first book?

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Yes, linguistic philosophy was the central theme of Gellner's attack in his first book. Gellner believed that the linguistic turn in philosophy was a mistake, and that it had led to a loss of objectivity in philosophy. He argued that linguistic philosophy was based on a flawed understanding of language, and that it had failed to provide a convincing account of how we can know anything about the world.
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