Wittgenstein and value : the quest for meaning / Eric B. Litwack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Litwack, Eric B.

Series:

Continuum Studies in British Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Values.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was one of the most important and influential thinkers of the 20 th century. In Wittgenstein and Value , Eric B. Litwack attempts to clarify his many challenging ideas and arguments related to the notion of value and the implications of his work for debates in contemporary ethics, aesthetics and religious studies. Litwack shows that Wittgenstein was engaged in a project of philosophical anthropology, which set him against some of the main currents of 20 th century intellectual life. The book explores the key notions in Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind and langu

Contents:

Wittgenstein's early conception of value. An outline of tractarian ontology ; Value, the self, and the mystical ; The lecture on ethics ; Conclusion

Language-games, the private language argument and aspect psychology. Language-games ; The private language argument ; Aspect psychology ; Conclusion

The soul and attitudes towards the living. Wittgenstein's general conception of the soul ; Ilham Dilman on the soul and seeing-as ; Religious contexts ; J.B. Watson and the denial of the soul ; Attitudes towards other minds and forms of life ; The soul and the face ; Aspect-blindness and dawning ; Conclusion

Particularism, rule-following, and evaluations. David McNaughton on the property of humanity and particularism ; John McDowell on rule-following and values ; Peter Winch on moral particularism ; Conclusion

The meaning and value of the religious point of view. Wittgenstein on Frazer's golden bough ; Truth in religion ; Conclusion

Wittgenstein on art: reactions and causes. Aesthetics, causes, and natural history ; A contemporary evolutionary account of aesthetic value ; Neuroscientific accounts ; Conclusion

Aesthetic realism and the definition of art. Aesthetic historicism and relativism ; Institutional and historical theories of art ; Conclusion

Forms of life, moral truth, and justification. Cora Diamond on forms on seeing-as, theory and imagination ; Paul Johnston on moral justification and truth ; D.Z. Phillips and H.O. Mounce on the justification of morality ; Conclusion

Doubt and certainty: framework beliefs and core values. An overview of certainty ; Avrum Stroll, Anthony O'Hear and Cyril Barrett on certainty and value ; Conclusion

Cultural relativism and institutional embodiment. Peter Winch on cultural relativism ; Sabina Lovibond on moral facts and institutional embodiment ; Cyril Barrett on cultural relativism ; Conclusion

How to do things with Wittgenstein

Conclusion: how to do things with Wittgenstein.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612875991

9781282875999

128287599X

9781441175564

1441175563

OCLC:

676697366