| Physical description |
1 online resource (xi, 200 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Rungs of the 'Ethical' Ladder -- Philosophical Imaginations -- On Certainty and Honesty -- World-Picture and World-View -- The Reality of What is Said -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Ludwig Wittgenstein is not generally regarded an ethical thinker. He is typically taken to be preoccupied with themes in the philosophy of language and mind that are presumed to be external to or independent of ethics. But there has, in recent years, been a growing tendency to see his preoccupation with these topics as having significant implications for ethics. This book offers a systematic account of Wittgenstein's unique ethical thought, both in his early and in his later writings. It challenges the widespread view that Wittgenstein had a vision of language and subsequently a vision of ethics by showing how the two are actually integrated in his work on meaning and his philosophical method per se. This significant integration retrieves the interdependence of grammar and ethics, and allows us to reframe traditional problems in moral philosophy that are presumed to be external to questions of meaning. |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Ethics, Modern -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9781137026361 (electronic bk.) |
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1137026367 (electronic bk.) |
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9781137026354 |
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1137026359 |
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1283532123 |
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9781283532129 |
| Standard Number |
9786613844576 |
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40021710613 |
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