| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) |
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Continuum studies in British philosophy |
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Continuum studies in British philosophy.
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| Contents |
Wittgenstein's early conception of value. An outline of tractarian ontology ; Value, the self, and the mystical ; The lecture on ethics ; Conclusion --Language-games, the private language argument and aspect psychology. Language-games ; The private language argument ; Aspect psychology ; Conclusion -- The soul and attitudes towards the living. Wittgenstein's general conception of the soul ; Ilham Dilman on the soul and seeing-as ; Religious contexts ; J.B. Watson and the denial of the soul ; Attitudes towards other minds and forms of life ; The soul and the face ; Aspect-blindness and dawning ; Conclusion -- Particularism, rule-following, and evaluations. David McNaughton on the property of humanity and particularism ; John McDowell on rule-following and values ; Peter Winch on moral particularism ; Conclusion -- The meaning and value of the religious point of view. Wittgenstein on Frazer's golden bough ; Truth in religion ; Conclusion -- Wittgenstein on art: reactions and causes. Aesthetics, causes, and natural history ; A contemporary evolutionary account of aesthetic value ; Neuroscientific accounts ; Conclusion -- Aesthetic realism and the definition of art. Aesthetic historicism and relativism ; Institutional and historical theories of art ; Conclusion -- Forms of life, moral truth, and justification. Cora Diamond on forms on seeing-as, theory and imagination ; Paul Johnston on moral justification and truth ; D.Z. Phillips and H.O. Mounce on the justification of morality ; Conclusion -- Doubt and certainty: framework beliefs and core values. An overview of certainty ; Avrum Stroll, Anthony O'Hear and Cyril Barrett on certainty and value ; Conclusion -- Cultural relativism and institutional embodiment. Peter Winch on cultural relativism ; Sabina Lovibond on moral facts and institutional embodiment ; Cyril Barrett on cultural relativism ; Conclusion -- How to do things with Wittgenstein -- Conclusion: how to do things with Wittgenstein |
| Summary |
The author presents Wittgenstein's many challenging ideas and arguments related to the notion of value theory and the implications of his work for debates in contemporary ethics, aesthetics and religious studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-169) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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| SUBJECT |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 fast (OCoLC)fst00032844 |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. swd |
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Values.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Values.
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Waardetheorie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441175564 |
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1441175563 |
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9781441150370 |
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1441150374 |
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