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