Wittgenstein in Exile /
James C. Klagge.
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| Summary: | "Wittgenstein warned again and again that he was not and would not be understood. Moreover, Wittgenstein's work seems to have little relevance to the way philosophy is done today. In this book, the author proposes a new way of looking at Wittgenstein--as an exile--that helps make sense of this. Wittgenstein's exile was not, despite his wanderings from Vienna to Cambridge to Norway to Ireland, strictly geographical; rather, the author argues, Wittgenstein was never at home in the twentieth century. He was in exile from an earlier era--Oswald Spengler's culture of the early nineteenth century." Description from back cover. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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MIT Press,
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| Edition: | First MIT Press paperback edition, 2014. |
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm more |
| ISBN: | 9780262015349 026201534X 9780262525909 0262525909 |
Table of Contents:
No one understands me
Can we understand Wittgenstein?
What is understanding?
Exile
Alienation or engagement
The work of exile
Philosophy and science
The evolution of an idea
Science and the mind
Das erlòˆsende Wort
Wittgenstein in the twenty-first century.
No one understands me
Can we understand Wittgenstein?
What is understanding?
Exile
Alienation or engagement
The work of exile
Philosophy and science
The evolution of an idea
Science and the mind
Das erlòˆsende Wort
Wittgenstein in the twenty-first century.