Philosophical passages : Wittgenstein, Emerson, Austin, Derrida

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Philosophical passages : Wittgenstein, Emerson, Austin, Derrida

Stanley Cavell

(The Bucknell lectures in literary theory, 12)

Blackwell Publishers, 1995

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"Stanley Cavell : a working bibliography, 1951-1994 / compiled by Peter S. Fosl and Michael Payne": p. [187]-197

Includes index

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Volume

: ISBN 9780631192695

Description

Contemporary American philosopher, Stanley Cavell, has often returned to Emerson and Wittgenstein in his determination to recover vital links between American and European philosophy. In this collection of his writings, Cavell provides careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J.L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations". The reading of "Fate" continues Cavell's investigation of Emerson's concept of thinking, which he began in the first chapter of "Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome". The reply to Derrida's remarks on Austin not only places Austin's theory of performative utterances in the context of his other writing but also recalls Austin's importance as a teacher and as an early influence on Cavell. "Notes on the Opening of Wittgenstein's Investigations" provides the opportunity of witnessing Cavell in the act of teaching a philosophical text.

Table of Contents

1. Emerson's Constitutional Amending: Reading Emerson's "Fate". 2. What Did Derrida Want of Austin? 3. Seminar on "What Did Derrida Want of Austin?" 4. The Self of Philosophy: An Interview with Stanley Cavell 5. Notes and Afterthoughts on the Opening of Wittgenstein's Investigations. Stanley Cavell: A Working Bibliography, 1951-1994.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631192718

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In this most recent collection of his writing, Cavell provides extraordinary careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J. L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations .

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Michael Payne and Richard Fleming. 1. Emerson's Constitutional Amending: Reading Emerson's "Fate". 2. What Did Derrida Want of Austin?. 3. Seminar on "What Did Derrida Want of Austin?". 4. The Self of Philosophy: An Interview with Stanley Cavell. 5. Continuing Cavell: Side Roads of "The Claim of Reason": Richard Fleming. 6. Notes and Afterthoughts on the Opening of Wittgenstein's Investigations. Stanley Cavell: A Working Bibliography, 1951-1994: Compiled by Peter S. Fosl and Michael Payne. Index.

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