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Style, Method and Philosophy in Wittgenstein

By Alois Pichler

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
1009462792, 9781009462792, 1108958079, 9781108958073, 9781108955485
DOI
10.1017/9781108955485
ISSN
2632-7112
Google Books ID
mKkW0AEACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL49509095M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
899 kB (920934 bytes)
Series
Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Pages
\86
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2023-09-20 17:27:44

Description

Wittgenstein said, 'really one should write philosophy only as one writes a poem'. This Element provides a comprehensive explanation of what he possibly meant by the statement, and why the statement is a correct description of Wittgenstein's philosophy. It connects the statement with Wittgenstein's idea of philosophical clarification, the methods he uses in it, and the masters he acknowledges as the sources for his ways of 'moving his thought'. The Element introduces distinctions that are essential for approaching the multilayered complex of Wittgenstein's oeuvre. One is the distinction between writing philosophical clarifications for himself and forming philosophical books for his reader. While poetry was central to both activities, it was mandatory for the second. Indeed, for creating the perfect philosophical book Wittgenstein thought he lacked precisely what some of his masters possessed: poetic genius.

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