Seeing Wittgenstein Anew

ISBN-13: 9780521547321 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 412 str.

William Day; Victor J. Krebs

Opis

Seeing Wittgenstein Anew is the first collection to examine Ludwig Wittgenstein's remarks on the concept of aspect-seeing. These essays show that aspect-seeing was not simply one more topic of investigation in Wittgenstein's later writings, but, rather, that it was a pervasive and guiding concept in his efforts to turn philosophy's attention to the actual conditions of our common life in language. Arranged in sections that highlight the pertinence of the aspect-seeing remarks to aesthetic and moral perception, self-knowledge, mind and consciousness, linguistic agreement, philosophical therapy, and "seeing connections," the sixteen essays, which were specially commissioned for this volume, demonstrate the unity of not only Philosophical Investigations but also Wittgenstein's later thought as a whole. They open up novel paths across familiar fields of thought: the objectivity of interpretation, the fixity of the past, the acquisition of language, and the nature of human consciousness. Significantly, they exemplify how continuing consideration of the interrelated phenomena and concepts surrounding aspect-seeing might produce a fruitful way of doing philosophy. The volume includes a concordance for the unnumbered remarks in the various editions of Philosophical Investigations, including the latest (4th) edition.

Recenzje

'… the articles open a new path of inquiry, one that could not have been opened without the connection to aspect-seeing … the book contains many more successful arguments for seeing Wittgenstein anew.' Journal of the History of Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction: seeing aspects in Wittgenstein William Day and Victor J. Krebs; Part I. Aspects of 'Seeing-As': 1. Aesthetic analogies Norton Batkin; 2. Aspects, sense, and perception Sandra Laugier; 3. An allegory of affinities: on seeing a world of aspects in a universe of things Timothy Gould; 4. The touch of words Stanley Cavell; Part II. Aspects and the Self; Section 1. Self-Knowledge: 5. In a new light: Wittgenstein, aspect-perception, and retrospective change in self-understanding Garry L. Hagberg; 6. The bodily root: seeing aspects and inner experience Victor J. Krebs; Section 2. Problems of the Mind: 7. (Ef)facing the soul: Wittgenstein and materialism David R. Cerbone; 8. Wittgenstein on aspect-seeing, the nature of discursive consciousness, and the experience of agency Richard Eldridge; Part III. Aspects and Language: 9. The philosophical significance of meaning-blindness Edward Minar; 10. Wanting to say something: aspect-blindness and language William Day; Part IV. Aspects and Method; Section 1. Therapy: 11. On learning from Wittgenstein, or what does it take to see the grammar of seeing aspects? Avner Baz; 12. The work of Wittgenstein's words: a reply to Baz Stephen Mulhall; 13. On the difficulty of seeing aspects and the 'therapeutic' reading of Wittgenstein Steven G. Affeldt; Section 2. Seeing Connections: 14. Overviews: what are they of and what are they for? Frank Cioffi; 15. On being surprised: Wittgenstein on aspect-perception, logic, and mathematics Juliet Floyd; 16. The enormous danger Gordon C. F. Bearn; Appendix: a page concordance for unnumbered remarks in philosophical investigations William Day.