Wittgenstein and Reason

by Editor: John Preston (University of Reading)

• ISBN13: 9781444307108
• ISBN10: 144430710X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 Sch_nbaumsfeld, 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

Table of Contents

Wittgenstein's Critique of Frazer

Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability

'Back to the Rough Ground!' Wittgensteinian Reflections on Rationality and Reason

Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious Language

The Tightrope Walker

Rules and Reason

Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein's Quietism and the Constitutive Question

Index

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