Wittgenstein and Reason

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8095-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 213 g

Reihe: Ratio Special Issues

This volume discusses Wittgenstein’s work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason. - Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy
- Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer’s Golden Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous ‘rule-following considerations’ from his Philosophical Investigations
- Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the UK and continental Europe including Hanjo Glock, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin Wright
- Contains a translation of an important paper by the French Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers by other contributors

Zielgruppe

scholars and students of philosophy, particularly those with an interest in Wittgenstein’s work

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preston, John

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

1 Wittgenstein’s Critique of Frazer 1
Jacques Bouveresse

2 Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability 21
Hans-Johann Glock

3 ‘Back to the Rough Ground!’ Wittgensteinian Reflections on Rationality and Reason 47
Jane Heal

4 Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious Language 65
Genia Schönbaumsfeld

5 The Tightrope Walker 85
Severin Schroeder

6 Rules and Reason 107
Joachim Schulte

7 Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein’s Quietism and the Constitutive Question 123
Crispin Wright

Index 145

Über Autor(innen)

John Preston is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Reading.