Wittgenstein and the moral life : essays in honor of Cora Diamond / edited by Alice Crary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diamond, Cora.

Crary, Alice, 1967-

Series:

Representation and mind.

Representation and mind

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Modern--20th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

viii, 409 p.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays by leading scholars that take as their point of departure Cora Diamond's work on the unity of Wittgenstein's thought and her writings on moral philosophy.

Contents:

Mild mono-Wittgensteinianism / James Conant

The cardinal problem of philosophy / Michael Kremer

Wittgenstein and the inexpressible / Juliet Floyd

Wittgenstein and the real numbers / Hilary Putnam

Holism and animal minds / David H. Finkelstein

Companionable thinking / Stanley Cavell

Comment on Stanley Cavell's "Companionable thinking" / John McDowell

"In spite of the misery of the world": ethics, contemplation, and the source of value / Sabina Lovibond

A novel in which nothing happens: Fontane's Der Stechlin and literary friendship / Martha Nussbaum

The mortality of the soul: Bernard Williams' character(s) / Stephen Mulhall

Humans, animals, right and wrong / Alice Crary.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09876-4

9786612098765

0-262-27096-X

1-4294-7965-5

OCLC:

156909244