Wittgenstein From Mysticism To Ordinary Language

Author : Russell Nieli
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 280 pages
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Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438414713

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Wittgenstein: From Mysticism to Ordinary Language by Russell Nieli Pdf

Wittgenstein: From Mysticism to Ordinary Language presents the Tractatus as a work of mystic theology intended to direct the reader to a transcendental plane from which human existence can be viewed from the divine perspective. More than any other work on Wittgenstein, this study integrates text material with personal biographical information, especially information dealing with his spiritual and psychological states. The result is a fresh, coherent, and extremely illuminating picture of Wittgenstein, successfully avoiding the pitfalls of either psychological reductionism or unfaithfulness to the text. It is bold without being reckless, passionately argued without being doctrinaire, and makes a very powerful and persuasive case for its main thesis.

Author : James C. Morrison
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783112416006

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Meaning and Truth in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus by James C. Morrison Pdf

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Author : James R. Atkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135893705

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The Mystical in Wittgenstein's Early Writings by James R. Atkinson Pdf

The aim of this book is to consider what reasonably follows from the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson intends to elucidate Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the mystical in his early writings as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self.

Author : Ulrich Arnswald
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Aufsatzsammlung
ISBN : 9783866442184

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In Search of Meaning by Ulrich Arnswald Pdf

The essays collected in this volume explore some of the themes that have been at the centre of recent debates within Wittgensteinian scholarship. In opposition to what we are tentatively inclined to think, the articles of this volume invite us to understand that our need to grasp the essence of ethical and religious thought and language will not be achieved by metaphysical theories expounded from such a point of view, but by focusing on our everyday forms of expression.

Author : David Egan,Stephen Reynolds,Aaron Wendland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134108299

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Wittgenstein and Heidegger by David Egan,Stephen Reynolds,Aaron Wendland Pdf

Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger are arguably the two most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Their work not only reshaped the philosophical landscape, but also left its mark on other disciplines, including political science, theology, anthropology, ecology, mathematics, cultural studies, literary theory, and architecture. Both sought to challenge the assumptions governing the traditions they inherited, to question the very terms in which philosophy’s problems had been posed, and to open up new avenues of thought for thinkers of all stripes. And despite considerable differences in style and in the traditions they inherited, the similarities between Wittgenstein and Heidegger are striking. Comparative work of these thinkers has only increased in recent decades, but no collection has yet explored the various ways in which Wittgenstein and Heidegger can be drawn into dialogue. As such, these essays stage genuine dialogues, with aspects of Wittgenstein’s elucidations answering or problematizing aspects of Heidegger’s, and vice versa. The result is a broad-ranging collection of essays that provides a series of openings and provocations that will serve as a reference point for future work that draws on the writings of these two philosophers.

Author : Alice and Lazerowtiz Ambrose (Morris),Ambrose Alice and Lazerowtiz Morris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317833819

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Ludwig Wittgenstein by Alice and Lazerowtiz Ambrose (Morris),Ambrose Alice and Lazerowtiz Morris Pdf

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : James Bogen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317833390

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Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language by James Bogen Pdf

First published in 2005. This book studies the often overlooked work of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logio-Philosophicus, the Tractatus and their later work being argued as being mutually illuminating. Bogen states that the works of Wittgenstein require a study of their points of contact which led to the formation of this title. This is accomplished by studying the text in two parts: its relevance to picture theory, the subsequent abandonment of the picture theory.

Author : Marjorie Perloff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780226924861

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Wittgenstein's Ladder by Marjorie Perloff Pdf

“[Perloff] has brilliantly adapted Wittgenstein’s conception of meaning and use to an analysis of contemporary language poetry.” —Linda Voris, Boston Review Marjorie Perloff, among our foremost critics of twentieth-century poetry, argues that Ludwig Wittgenstein provided writers with a radical new aesthetic, a key to recognizing the inescapable strangeness of ordinary language. Taking seriously Wittgenstein’s remark that “philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry,” Perloff begins by discussing Wittgenstein the “poet.” What we learn is that the poetics of everyday life is anything but banal. “This book has the lucidity and the intelligence we have come to expect from Marjorie Perloff.” —Linda Munk, American Literature “Wittgenstein’s Ladder offers significant insights into the current state of poetry, literature, and literary study. Perloff emphasizes the vitality of reading and thinking about poetry, and the absolute necessity of pushing against the boundaries that define and limit our worlds.” —David Clippinger, Chicago Review “Majorie Perloff has done more to illuminate our understanding of twentieth century poetic language than perhaps any other critic . . . Entertaining, witty, and above all highly original.” —Willard Bohn, SubStance

Author : David J. Stagaman,James Kraft,Kristin Sutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCSC:32106011265912

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Wittgenstein & Religion by David J. Stagaman,James Kraft,Kristin Sutton Pdf

Author : José Medina
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791488508

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The Unity of Wittgenstein's Philosophy by José Medina Pdf

Exposing the myth of "the two Wittgensteins," this book provides a detailed account of the unity in Wittgenstein's thought from the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations. Unlike recent interpretations in the literature, this account is not the story of the unfolding of a single view, but instead the story of an ongoing conversation and its internal logic. Throughout his career, Wittgenstein argued that philosophical problems about the necessary and the impossible, on the one hand, and about the meaningful and the nonsensical, on the other, might be dissolved by means of an elucidation of ordinary language use. This approach always relied on the same strategy, namely contextualism. He identified decontextualization as the main source of philosophical confusion and argued that philosophical understanding consists of situating concepts in the normative contexts in which they function. This critical reconstruction contributes to the understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy and illuminates contemporary debates concerning necessity, intelligibility, and the normativity of language.

Author : David G. Stern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198024170

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Wittgenstein on Mind and Language by David G. Stern Pdf

Drawing on ten years of research on the unpublished Wittgenstein papers, Stern investigates what motivated Wittgenstein's philosophical writing and casts new light on the Tractatus and Philosophical Investigations. The book is an exposition of Wittgenstein's early conception of the nature of representation and how his later revision and criticism of that work led to a radically different way of looking at mind and language. It also explains how the unpublished manuscripts and typescripts were put together and why they often provide better evidence of the development of his ideas than can be found in his published writing. In doing so, the book traces the development of a number of central themes in Wittgenstein's philosophy, including his conception of philosophical method, the picture theory of meaning, the limits of language, the application of language to experience, his treatment of private language, and what he called the "flow of life." Arguing that Wittgenstein's views are often much more simple (and more radical) than we have been led to believe, Wittgenstein on Mind and Language provides an overview of the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy and brings to light aspects of his philosophy that have been almost universally neglected.

Author : J. Mark Lazenby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441117519

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The Early Wittgenstein on Religion by J. Mark Lazenby Pdf

Many have observed how Wittgenstein's later philosophy illuminates the philosophy of religion. Rarely, however, have they paid attention to his early philosophy. Those who have argued that Wittgenstein refuted his early positions in his later work. This book proves otherwise. The proof is found in the answer to an important, but largely ignored, question: what is the relation of Wittgenstein's discussion of logic to his discussion of religion and ethics in the early work? Lazenby's answer is that Wittgenstein, in his discussion of logic, describes the boundaries of factual discourse for the purpose of fixing a common language. And in his discussion of religion and ethics, Wittgenstein suggests that when religious and ethical statements fall outside this common language, we should reconstruct them to make sense within the common language. Such reconstruction ensures that the meaning of religious utterances agrees with how believers actually live and speak. Lazenby's approach is novel because it finds unity in what commentators have considered incommensurable topics in Wittgenstein's early work-logic and religion-while also finding unity between his early and later philosophy. Lazenby ends the book by considering the implications for theology and inter-religious dialogue. If theologians reconstruct the meanings of words that have lost their meaning in the common language of the modern world, these words will regain their force in the lives of believers. And the very possibility of a common language allows logical space for theologians from among the world's religions to find a common language in which to communicate.

Author : Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0742512703

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Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ludwig Wittgenstein Pdf

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!

Author : Hanne Appelqvist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351202657

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Wittgenstein and the Limits of Language by Hanne Appelqvist Pdf

The limit of language is one of the most pervasive notions found in Wittgenstein’s work, both in his early Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and his later writings. Moreover, the idea of a limit of language is intimately related to important scholarly debates on Wittgenstein’s philosophy, such as the debate between the so-called traditional and resolute interpretations, Wittgenstein’s stance on transcendental idealism, and the philosophical import of Wittgenstein’s latest work On Certainty. This collection includes thirteen original essays that provide a comprehensive overview of the various ways in which Wittgenstein appeals to the limit of language at different stages of his philosophical development. The essays connect the idea of a limit of language to the most important themes discussed by Wittgenstein—his conception of logic and grammar, the method of philosophy, the nature of the subject, and the foundations of knowledge—as well as his views on ethics, aesthetics, and religion. The essays also relate Wittgenstein’s thought to his contemporaries, including Carnap, Frege, Heidegger, Levinas, and Moore.

Author : Ambrose, Alice and Lazerowtiz, Morris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317833802

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Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ambrose, Alice and Lazerowtiz, Morris Pdf

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.