New Critical Thinking (eBook)

What Wittgenstein Offered

Sean Wilson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
198 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498583602 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is the first clear and unproblematic account of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s method and its consequences for good thinking. It has radical implications for conceptual investigation, analysis, value judgment, political ideology, ethics, and even religion.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein changed everything. To understand how, we need to understand what he did to the subject of critical reasoning. Wittgenstein didn't leave us "e;philosophy"e;; he left a pathway for a more perspicuous intellect. This was caused by a psychological condition that made him meticulous and hypersensitive. He could abnormally perceive three natural phenomena: (a) the social traits implicated in word use; (b) the task-functions signified in communication; and (c) the pictures that flash before the mind's eye. With this unique acuity, he showed us how post-analytic thinking was to occur. And this discovery changes everything. It revolutionizes how we must argue with one another and what we believe is "e;true."e; Instead of focusing primarily upon premises or facts, we must point people to how their intellect behaves during a speech act-something called "e;therapy."e; And this has radical implications for analysis, conceptual investigation, value judgments, political ideology, ethics and even religion. This book is both an explanation of, and a blueprint for, the new critical thinking. Written for both a lay and special audience, and for all fields of study, it shows what Wittgenstein invented and how it affects us all.

Autor

Sean Wilson is associate professor at Wright State University and is the author of The Flexible Constitution.

Inhalt

Part I: WittgensteinChapter 1: Was Wittgenstein a Charlatan?Chapter 2: What Made Wittgenstein SpecialChapter 3: Why Does It MatterPart II: New FoundationsChapter 4: Word SenseChapter 5: Meaning is UseChapter 6: Task-FunctionsChapter 7: Picturing Chapter 8: TherapyPart III: Post-Analytic ThoughtChapter 9: Meaning and IntentChapter 10: Definition and False DisputeChapter 11: Designation and SpecimenChapter 12: Conceptual InvestigationChapter 13: Aspect and FramingChapter 14: Connoisseurship and EthicsChapter 15: Religion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 17 Illustrations including: - 15 Black & White Illustrations; - 2 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Analytic philosophy • Cognition • Critical thinking/reasoning • enactivism • ethics • Framing • Linguistics • Ludwig Wittgenstein • political theory • Social Theory
• ISBN-13: 9781498583602 / 9781498583602