Wittgenstein, Ethics and Aesthetics: The View from Eternity

ISBN-13: 9780333531877 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 193 str.

B. R. Tilghman

Opis

The author's purpose in this volume is to present the relevance of the ideas of Wittgenstein to those interested in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. He focuses on both the earlier work centred around the "Tractatus" and the later work of the "Philosophical Investigations."

Spis treści

Modernism, modern aesthetics and Wittgenstein; art and ethics - an historical sketch; ethics and aesthetics in the "Tractatus"; the "Tractatus" re-examined; discerning humanity; discerning art; discerning the humanity in art.