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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... problems . The first is that the objectivity of confusion seems to presuppose some particular theory about language ... problem is the question of the content of Wittgenstein's investigations . If he is only interested in methodology ...
... problems . The first is that the objectivity of confusion seems to presuppose some particular theory about language ... problem is the question of the content of Wittgenstein's investigations . If he is only interested in methodology ...
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... problem is that the goal of Wittgensteinian philosophy is conceptual clarity . It is not entirely clear though , I shall argue , what this clarity is and why we should want it . In an attempt to shed light on this dark but fundamental ...
... problem is that the goal of Wittgensteinian philosophy is conceptual clarity . It is not entirely clear though , I shall argue , what this clarity is and why we should want it . In an attempt to shed light on this dark but fundamental ...
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... problems are solved ' . The problems he refers to are the problems of philosophy defined , we may suppose , by the work of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell , and perhaps also Arthur Schopenhauer . These are the philosophers ...
... problems are solved ' . The problems he refers to are the problems of philosophy defined , we may suppose , by the work of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell , and perhaps also Arthur Schopenhauer . These are the philosophers ...
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... problems , since by its own lights the Tractatus's use of words such as ' object ' , ' reality ' and ' world ' is illegitimate . These concepts are purely formal or a priori . A statement such as ' There are objects in the world ' does ...
... problems , since by its own lights the Tractatus's use of words such as ' object ' , ' reality ' and ' world ' is illegitimate . These concepts are purely formal or a priori . A statement such as ' There are objects in the world ' does ...
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... problems are in fact not problems at all . Philosophers , then , have the task of presenting the logic of our lan- guage clearly . This will not solve important problems , but it will show that some things that we take to be important ...
... problems are in fact not problems at all . Philosophers , then , have the task of presenting the logic of our lan- guage clearly . This will not solve important problems , but it will show that some things that we take to be important ...
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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 |