Seeing Wittgenstein Anew

Seeing Wittgenstein Anew

ISBN-10:
0521547326
ISBN-13:
9780521547321
Pub. Date:
03/15/2010
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521547326
ISBN-13:
9780521547321
Pub. Date:
03/15/2010
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Seeing Wittgenstein Anew

Seeing Wittgenstein Anew

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521547321
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 03/15/2010
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 412
Sales rank: 1,061,911
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

William Day is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Le Moyne College. He writes on aesthetics and moral perfectionist thought, with a particular focus on the work of Wittgenstein, Cavell, Emerson and Confucian thinkers. His publications include book chapters and articles on Cavell, Emerson, jazz improvisation and film.

Victor J. Krebs is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He is the author of several publications on the philosophy of psychology, mind and language, most recently La recuperación del sentido: Wittgenstein, la filosofía y lo trascendente.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Abbreviations of Wittgenstein's Works xv

Introduction: Seeing Aspects in Wittgenstein William Day Victor J. Krebs 1

I Aspects of “seeing-as”

1 Aesthetic Analogies Norton Balkin 23

2 Aspects, Sense, and Perception Sandra Laugier 40

3 An Allegory of Affinities: On Seeing a World of Aspects in a Universe of Things Timothy Gould 61

4 The Touch of Words Stanley Cavell 81

II Aspects and the self

II.1 Self-Knowledge

5 In a New Light: Wittgenstein, Aspect-Perception, and Retrospective Change in Self-Understanding Garry L. Hagberg 101

6 The Bodily Root: Seeing Aspects and Inner Experience Victor J. Krebs 120

II.2 Problems of Mind

7 (Ef)facing the Soul: Wittgenstein and Materialism David R. Cerbone 143

8 Wittgenstein on Aspect-Seeing, the Nature of Discursive Consciousness, and the Experience of Agency Richard Eldridge 162

III Aspects and Language

9 The Philosophical Significance of Meaning-Blindness Edward Minor 183

10 Wanting to Say Something: Aspect-Blindness and Language William Day 204

IV Aspects and Method

IV.1 Therapy

11 On Learning from Wittgenstein, or What Does It Take to See the Grammar of Seeing Aspects? Avner Baz 227

12 The Work of Wittgenstein's Words: A Reply to Baz Stephen Mulhall 249

13 On the Difficulty of Seeing Aspects and the “Therapeutic” Reading of Wittgenstein Steven G. Affeldt 268

IV.2 Seeing Connections

14 Overviews: What Are They of and What Are They For? Frank Cioffi 291

15 On Being Surprised: Wittgenstein on Aspect-Perception, Logic, and Mathematics Juliet Floyd 314

16 The Enormous Danger Gordon C. F. Bearn 338

Appendix: A Page Concordance for Unnumbered Remarks in Philosophical Investigations William Day 357

List of Works Cited 373

Index 385

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