Wittgenstein at His WordA&C Black, 2004 M08 1 - 220 páginas Wittgenstein's work is notoriously difficult to understand and, at least superficially, deals almost exclusively with obscure and technical problems in logic and the philosophy of language. He once asked rhetorically: "What is the use of philosophy ... if it does not improve your thinking about the important questions of everyday life?". This book explains how Wittgenstein's idea of the value of philosophy shaped his philosophical method and led him to talk and write about the abstruse questions he dealt with in most of his work. This is not just another introductory overview of Wittgenstein's philosophy. It is one of the few that provide such an overview while also referring constantly to ethics and religion. Moreover, its interpretation of Wittgenstein is far from orthodox, as standard treatments of his work disregard or downplay his claims about what he was doing and why. Duncan Richter takes him at his word, showing the connections between Wittgenstein's aims, the various subjects he worked on (psychology, religion, aesthetics, etc.), and the way in which he worked on them. |
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... sentences of ordinary language without help from philosophers. But it is not true that he insists that anything that 'sounds funny' to the ordinary person must be wrong (although the philosopher is likely to investigate remarks that ...
... sentences of ordinary language without help from philosophers. But it is not true that he insists that anything that 'sounds funny' to the ordinary person must be wrong (although the philosopher is likely to investigate remarks that ...
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... sentence makes no sense ; but also that it sounds funny . ' We should not stop at this point , rejecting whatever sounds funny , but it is a useful warning sign . 14 We have , and by practice can develop , a nose for nonsense . Noth ...
... sentence makes no sense ; but also that it sounds funny . ' We should not stop at this point , rejecting whatever sounds funny , but it is a useful warning sign . 14 We have , and by practice can develop , a nose for nonsense . Noth ...
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... sentence that puzzles us philosophi- cally , and remind ourselves ( PI 127 ) of the occasions and purposes of life , in which and for which it is actually used . The method is descriptive , not ' analytic ' . The theme of the new ...
... sentence that puzzles us philosophi- cally , and remind ourselves ( PI 127 ) of the occasions and purposes of life , in which and for which it is actually used . The method is descriptive , not ' analytic ' . The theme of the new ...
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... sentence in our language ' is in order as it is'.47 The person with a ' healthy human understanding ' who reads a former philosopher thinks ( and not without right ) : ' Mere nonsense ! ' If that person hears me , he thinks – rightly ...
... sentence in our language ' is in order as it is'.47 The person with a ' healthy human understanding ' who reads a former philosopher thinks ( and not without right ) : ' Mere nonsense ! ' If that person hears me , he thinks – rightly ...
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... sentence , after all , can be given a meaning , and any sentence that has been given a meaning is all right . Which sentences give rise to confusion and so are best dis- carded depends on our psychology , and this , while often being ...
... sentence , after all , can be given a meaning , and any sentence that has been given a meaning is all right . Which sentences give rise to confusion and so are best dis- carded depends on our psychology , and this , while often being ...
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2 Nonsense | 45 |
3 Certainty | 85 |
4 Ethics | 117 |
5 Religion | 150 |
Conclusion | 181 |
Bibliography | 188 |
Index | 194 |
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Wittgenstein and His Interpreters: Essays in Memory of Gordon Baker Guy Kahane,Edward Kanterian,Oskari Kuusela Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |