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Augustine and Wittgenstein / edited by John Doody, Alexander R. Eodice, and Kim Paffenroth.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation Series
- Augustine in conversation: tradition and innovation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- This collection examines the relationship between Augustine and Wittgenstein and demonstrates the deep affinity they share, not only for the substantive issues they treat but also for the style of philosophizing they employ.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half title
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Wittgenstein and Augustine De Magistro
- The Dialogue De Magistro
- Wittgenstein and the Confessions
- Chapter 2
- Learning by Ostension in Augustine and Wittgenstein
- Part I: What Wittgenstein Misunderstood
- Part II: What Wittgenstein Did Learn
- Part III: What Wittgenstein Should Have Learned
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3
- In the Beginning
- Names for Needs
- Deliverance
- Chapter 4
- The Swine and the Chatterbox
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- Chapter 5
- Wittgenstein, Ritual, and "St. Augustine's Attitude to Sex"
- Chapter 6
- Wittgenstein and Augustine on Seeing Miracles
- Eyes of the Body, and Eyes of the Mind
- Miracles and Eyes in Augustine's Reading of John
- Wittgenstein and the Ordinariness of Wonders
- Seeing Wonders
- In Front of Our Eyes
- Chapter 7
- Original Sense
- Sensitivity to Origins: Where We First Learn to Speak
- Augustine on True Religion: The Origins of Religion
- Myths of Origin: Religion as a Return to Origins
- Chapter 8
- Wittgenstein, Augustine, and the Content of Memory
- I. Twelve Wittgensteinian Themes
- II. Augustine's Conception of Memory: A Wittgensteinian Progress
- III. Wittgenstein on the Grammar of "Remembering": An Augustinian Investigation
- IV. Conclusion: Carrying Augustine's Research
- Chapter 9
- Time and Freedom in the Confessions and the Tractatus
- The Hidden Psychology (Of Seeing Yourself)
- The Freedom That Has Never Existed
- Time Is Not On Our Side
- Logic Can't Hear You Scream
- Chapter 10
- Augustine and Wittgenstein on the Will
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-8527-2
- OCLC:
- 1042075954
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