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Wittgenstein and Reason

John Preston (Herausgeber)

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160 Seiten
2009
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Hersteller)
978-1-4443-0709-2 (ISBN)
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The nature of reason has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy. But the most famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein, hardly ever discussed it. His work, though, does raise crucial questions about the subject.
This volume discusses Wittgenstein's work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason. Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer's Golden Bough , his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous 'rule-following considerations' from his Philosophical Investigations Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the UK and continental Europe including Hanjo Glock, Genia Schonbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin Wright Contains a translation of an important paper by the French Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers by other contributors

John Preston is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Reading.

1. Wittgenstein's Critique of Frazer (Jacques Bouveresse, College de France). 2. Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability (Hans-Johann Glock, Universitat Zurich). 3. 'Back to the Rough Ground!' Wittgensteinian Reflections on Rationality and Reason (Jane Heal, St John's College, Cambridge). 4. Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious Language (Genia Schonbaumsfeld, University of Southampton). 5. The Tightrope Walker (Severin Schroeder, The University of Reading). 6. Rules and Reason (Joachim Schulte, Universitat Zurich). 7. Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein's Quietism and the Constitutive Question (Crispin Wright, Univerrsity of St Andrews). Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.3.2009
Verlagsort Chicester
Sprache englisch
Maße 143 x 216 mm
Gewicht 224 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
ISBN-10 1-4443-0709-6 / 1444307096
ISBN-13 978-1-4443-0709-2 / 9781444307092
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