Deepening our understanding of Wittgenstein / edited by Michael Kober.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kober, Michael.

Series:

Grazer philosophische Studien ; 71.

Grazer philosophische Studien ; 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is of interest for anyone who aims at understanding the so-called 'later' or 'mature' Wittgenstein. Its contributions, written by leading German-speaking Wittgenstein-scholars like Hans Sluga, Hans-Johann Glock, Joachim Schulte, Eike von Savigny, and others, provide deeper insights to seemingly well discussed topics, such as family resemblance, Übersicht (perspicuous representation), religion, or grammar, or they explain in an eye-opening fashion hitherto enigmatic expressions of Wittgenstein, such as 'The pneumatic conception of thought' (PI 109), 'A mathematical proof must be su

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; System of Reference to Wittgenstein's Writings; Family Resemblance; Only Connect ...-Perspicuous Representation and the Logic of Nachträglichkeit; The Pneumatic Conception of Thought; ""A Mathematical Proof Must Be Surveyable"": What Wittgenstein Meant by This and What It Implies; Wittgenstein and Religion; Wittgenstein and John Henry Newman on Certainty; Thought, Language, and Animals; Moore's Paradox and First-Person Authority; Use, Meaning, and Theoretical Commitment; The Transition from Causes to Norms: Wittgenstein on Training; Grammatical Propositions

On Knowing What One Does

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

94-012-0303-2

1-4237-9131-2

OCLC:

714567371