Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951

Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951 PDF Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872201552
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Fifteen selections that span the development of Whittgenstein's thought, his wide range of interests and his methods of philosophical investigation offer subtle insights into the character and personality of their author.

Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951

Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951 PDF Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872201552
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Book Description
Fifteen selections that span the development of Whittgenstein's thought, his wide range of interests and his methods of philosophical investigation offer subtle insights into the character and personality of their author.

Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion

Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion PDF Author: Robert L. Arrington
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415335553
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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An exciting introduction to the contribution which Wittgenstein made to the philosophy of religion.

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein PDF Author: O. K. Bouwsma
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872200081
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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"Remarkable how well Bouwsma understood Wittgenstein's approach to philosophical problems and how intelligently he was able to recount Wittgenstein's discussions. The bits about sensation are especially good. And the asides about the other philosophers--e.g. Dewey, Russell, Anscombe--are, while not frivolous, gossipy and titillating." --Riley Wallihan, Western Oregon University

Wittgenstein in Exile

Wittgenstein in Exile PDF Author: James C. Klagge
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262525909
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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A new way of looking at Wittgenstein: as an exile from an earlier cultural era. Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) and Philosophical Investigations (1953) are among the most influential philosophical books of the twentieth century, and also among the most perplexing. Wittgenstein warned again and again that he was not and would not be understood. Moreover, Wittgenstein's work seems to have little relevance to the way philosophy is done today. In Wittgenstein in Exile, James Klagge proposes a new way of looking at Wittgenstein—as an exile—that helps make sense of this. Wittgenstein's exile was not, despite his wanderings from Vienna to Cambridge to Norway to Ireland, strictly geographical; rather, Klagge argues, Wittgenstein was never at home in the twentieth century. He was in exile from an earlier era—Oswald Spengler's culture of the early nineteenth century. Klagge draws on the full range of evidence, including Wittgenstein's published work, the complete Nachlaß, correspondence, lectures, and conversations. He places Wittgenstein's work in a broad context, along a trajectory of thought that includes Job, Goethe, and Dostoyevsky. Yet Klagge also writes from an analytic philosophical perspective, discussing such topics as essentialism, private experience, relativism, causation, and eliminativism. Once we see Wittgenstein's exile, Klagge argues, we will gain a better appreciation of the difficulty of understanding Wittgenstein and his work.

Wittgenstein on Mind and Language

Wittgenstein on Mind and Language PDF Author: David G. Stern
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195111478
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Stern argues that Wittgenstein's views are often much simpler and more radical than we have been led to believe. He casts new light on 'Tractatus' and 'Philosophical Investigations', revealing aspects of Wittgenstein's thought heretofore neglected.

The Possibility of Discussion

The Possibility of Discussion PDF Author: Hugo Strandberg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317019717
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Answering the question 'How is fruitful discussion possible?', this book addresses the central philosophical issue of how reason shall be understood and how it is limited. This study argues that the understanding of discussion according to which it necessarily starts from putative universal norms and rules for argumentation is problematic, among other reasons since such rules are unfruitful in contexts where there are vast disagreements such as religion. Inspired by Wittgensteinian ideas, Strandberg develops instead a new way of understanding discussion, truth and rationality which escapes these problems, and shows how this solution can be used to answer the accusation against Wittgensteinian philosophy for being conservative and resulting in fideism.

Wittgenstein's Artillery

Wittgenstein's Artillery PDF Author: James C. Klagge
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262045834
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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How Wittgenstein sought a more effective way of reaching his audience by a poetic style of doing philosophy. Ludwig Wittgenstein once said, "Really one should write philosophy only as one writes poetry." In Wittgenstein's Artillery, James Klagge shows how, in search of ways to reach his audience, Wittgenstein tried a more poetic style of doing philosophy. Klagge argues that, deploying this new philosophical "artillery"--Klagge's term for Wittgenstein's methods of influencing his readers and students--Wittgenstein moved from an esoteric mode to an evangelical mode, aiming for an effect on his audience that was noncognitive, appealing to the temperament in addition to the intellect. Wittgenstein was an artillery spotter--directing artillery fire to targets--in the Austrian army during World War I, and Klagge argues that, years later, he became a philosophical spotter, struggling to find the right artillery to accomplish his philosophical purpose. Klagge shows how Wittgenstein's work with his students influenced his style of writing philosophy and motivated him to care about the effect of his ideas on his audience. To illustrate Wittgenstein's evolving approach, Klagge draws on not only Wittgenstein's best-known works but also such lesser-known material as notebooks, dictations, lectures, and recollections of students. Klagge then goes beyond Wittgenstein to present a range of literature--biblical parables and children's stories, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche--as other examples of the poetic approach. He concludes by offering his own attempts at a poetic approach to addressing philosophical issues.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein PDF Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742512702
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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For Wittgenstein, philosophy was an on-going activity. Only in his dialog with the philosophical community and in his private moments does Wittgenstein's philosophical practice fully come to light. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Remarks on Frazer's Golden bough

Remarks on Frazer's Golden bough PDF Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :

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Wittgenstein's Art of Investigation

Wittgenstein's Art of Investigation PDF Author: Beth Savickey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134679114
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Wittgenstein's Art of Investigation is one of the first to focus on and provide an original and detailed analysis of Wittgenstein's grammatical investigations. Beth Sarkey offers us new insight into the historical context and influences on method which will help students understand the intricacies and depth of his work.