Wittgenstein and Plato : connections, comparisons and contrasts / edited by Luigi Perissinotto, Begoña Ramón Camara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perissinotto, Luigi, editor.

Cámara, Begoña Ramón, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

xiii, 335 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This is the first volume dedicated to a direct exploration of Wittgenstein and Plato. It is a compilation of essays by thirteen authors of diverse geographical provenance, orientation and philosophical interest. The volume offers the most complete and detailed view to date on Wittgenstein and Plato, without being tied to any unilateral guidelines from either a critical or a philosophical perspective. The authors are scholars of Wittgenstein, but also of Plato and Greek philosophy. The book is a sort of game of mirrors: Plato in the mirror of Wittgenstein, and Wittgenstein in the mirror of Plato. All essays always seek to combine philosophical interest and philological attention, although, in some essays one interest prevails over the other. Despite the preponderance of scholars of Wittgenstein, the volume seeks to be not only a book on Wittgenstein and Plato, but also, simultaneously, on Plato and Wittgenstein. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Wittgenstein's Debt to Plato / Joachim Schulte Schulte, Joachim 1

2 Wittgenstein Reads Plato / Wolfgang Kienzler Kienzler, Wolfgang 25

3 'The Socratic Method!': Wittgenstein and Plato / Luigi Perissinotto Perissinotto, Luigi 48

4 The Scales and the Compass of Philosophy: Wittgenstein in the Mirror of Plato / Cecilia Rofena Rofena, Cecilia 72

5 Knowing Where to Turn: Analogy, Method and Literary Form in Plato and Wittgenstein / M. W. Rowe Rowe, M. W. 100

6 Writing and Communicating Philosophy: Consonances between Plato and Wittgenstein / Silvana Borutti Borutti, Silvana, Fulvia de Luise Luise, Fulvia de 126

7 The World Seen Sub Specie Aeternitatis: Wittgenstein's Platonism / Begoña Ramón Cámara Cámara, Begoña Ramón 160

8 Plato, Wittgenstein and the Origins of Language / Antoni Defez Defez, Antoni 183

9 Plato, Wittgenstein and the Definition of Games / Catherine Rowett Rowett, Catherine 196

10 Wittgenstein, Plato and the 'Craving for Generality' / Franco Trabattoni Trabattoni, Franco 220

11 On Philosophy's (Lack of) Progress: From Plato to Wittgenstein (and Rawls) / Rupert Read Read, Rupert 249

12 How Wittgenstein Refused to Be 'The Son Of' / Antonia Soulez Soulez, Antonia 281

13 Radical Enlightenment Optimism: Socrates and Wittgenstein / Thomas Wallgren Wallgren, Thomas 298.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230360945

0230360947

OCLC:

847140438