Wittgenstein and the creativity of language / edited by Sebastian Sunday Grève, University of Oxford, UK, and Jakub Mácha, Masaryk University, the Czech Republic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sunday Grève, Sebastian, 1987- editor.

Mácha, Jakub, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

xxi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Contents:

Part I Introduction

1 The Good, the Bad and the Creative: Language in Wittgenstein's Philosophy / Sebastian Sunday Grève Grève, Sebastian Sunday, Jakub Mácha Mácha, Jakub 3

Part II Overture

2 Cats on the Table, New Blood for Old Dogs: What Distinguishes Reading Philosophers (on Poets) from Reading Poets? / Stephen Mulhall Mulhall, Stephen 29

Part III Reading: Wittgenstein: Writing

3 Ludwig Wittgenstein and Us 'Typical Western Scientists' / Alois Pichler Pichler, Alois 55

4 Wittgenstein on Gödelian 'Incompleteness', Proofs and Mathematical Practice: Reading Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, Part I, Appendix III, Carefully / Wolfgang Kienzler Kienzler, Wolfgang, Sebastian Sunday Grève Grève, Sebastian Sunday 76

5 Wittgenstein: No Linguistic Idealist / Danièle Moyal-Sharrock Moyal-Sharrock, Danièle 117

Part IV Philosophy and the Arts

6 Wittgenstein, Verbal Creativity and the Expansion of Artistic Style / Garry L. Hagberg Hagberg, Garry L. 141

7 Doubt and Display: A Foundation for a Wittgensteinian Approach to the Arts / Charles Altieri Altieri, Charles 177

8 The Urn and the Chamber Pot / John Hyman Hyman, John 198

Part V Creativity and the Moral Life

9 Wittgenstein and Diamond on Meaning and Experience: From Groundlessness to Creativity / Maria Balaska Balaska, Maria 219

10 Find It New: Aspect-Perception and Modernist Ethics / Ben Ware Ware, Ben 238

11 Metaphysics Is Metaphorics: Philosophical and Ecological Reflections from Wittgenstein and Lakoff on the Pros and Cons of Linguistic Creativity / Rupert Read Read, Rupert 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1137472537

9781137472533

OCLC:

914217323

Publisher Number:

99966482276