Wittgenstein
A Religious Point of View?
Norman Malcolm(Author)
Peter Winch(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-415-13547-4 (ISBN)
Description
"I am not a religious man; but I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point of view", such were Wittgenstein's words to his friend Drury. This essay is the last work by the philosopher Norman Malcolm, before his death in the summer of 1990. Malcolm first draws together a collection of remarks made by Wittgenstein at various stages of his life and in many different contexts, which are expressive of his attitude to religion. He discusses both some of the ways in which Wittgenstein was drawn to religious ways of thinking and also speculates concerning the barriers which stayed him from full religious commitment. Malcolm connects these barriers with Wittgenstein's commitment to philopsophy. He discusses important features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and the nature of and reasons for the changes which took place in his thinking between "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" and "Philosophical Investigations".
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-415-13547-4 (9780415135474)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1.A Religious Man? 2.The Search for Explanation 3.The Essence of Language 4.Underlying Mechanisms 5.Failed Explanations 6.The Limit of Explanation 7.Four Analogies