Severin Schroeder

Language, Mind, and Value (eBook, ePUB)

Essays on Wittgenstein

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a collection of 15 essays on important themes in Wittgenstein's philosophy, divided into three sections. The first section is about philosophy of language, in particular Wittgenstein's key idea of linguistic normativity: his conception of rules and grammatical propositions.

The second section is mainly concerned with important Wittgensteinian contributions to the philosophy of mind and action: his analysis of sensation language, the concept of understanding and the explanation of human behaviour by reasons, as opposed to causal explanations. There is also an essay on Wittgenstein's famous discussion of aspect perception, and a critical discussion of the idea of 'hinge propositions' drawn from his remarks in On Certainty.

The final section focusses on questions of value, mainly in aesthetics, but also in ethics and religion. In particular, the book gives a detailed account of Wittgenstein's account of aesthetic judgements as based on a 'cultured taste', informed by detailed knowledge of a certain genre of aesthetically interesting objects, a set of conventional rules and a certain consistency. Aesthetics is compared and contrasted with ethics and with psychological investigations. The final essay is on Wittgenstein's distinctive account or religious belief.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839990236
• Artikelnr.: 69931071

Autorenporträt

Severin Schroeder teaches philosophy at the University of Reading.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Original Places of Publication ; Abbreviations of Works by Ludwig Wittgenstein; Part I
Language; 1. Wittgenstein on Grammar, Rules, and Norms; 2. Analytic Truths and Grammatical Statements; 3. Semantic Normativity and Moral Obligation; 4. On Truly and Falsely Not Saying Anything: A Dissolution of the Liar Paradox; Part II
Mind, Action, Belief, & Knowledge; 5. Can I Have Your Pain? ; 6. God, Lions, and Englishwomen: Wittgenstein on Understanding People; 7. Reasons, Causes, Dispositions, and First-Person Authority; 8. Moore's Paradox and First-Person Authority; 9. A Tale of Two Problems: Wittgenstein's Discussion of Aspect Perception; 10. Farewell to Hinge Propositions; Part III
Aesthetics, Ethics, & Religion; 11. Wittgenstein on Aesthetics; 12. 'Too Ridiculous for Words': Wittgenstein on Scientific Aesthetics; 13. The Emergence of Wittgenstein's Views on Aesthetics in His 1933 Lectures; 14. Verificationism in Aesthetics and Ethics; 15.  The Tightrope Walker: Wittgenstein on Religious Belief; Bibliography; Index