Wittgenstein and Meaning in Life

In Search of the Human Voice
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-44090-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3452 g

What could Wittgenstein's work contribute to the rapidly growing literature on life's meaning? This book not only examines Wittgenstein's scattered remarks about value and 'sense of life' but also argues that his philosophy and 'way of seeing' has far reaching implications for the ways theorists approach an ancient question: 'How shall one live?'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hosseini, R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Analytische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Book of Facts, Book of Values 2. The Limits of Justification 3. Aspect-Seeing and Meaning in Life 4. In Defence of the Ordinary 5. On Detachment or Why the Shopkeeper Does Not Investigate His Apples 6. The Human Voice: The Confessional Nature of Enquiring into Life's Meaning Coda Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Reza Hosseini is a sessional lecturer and a Research Fellow at Rhodes University, South Africa.