Wittgenstein and reason
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Wittgenstein and reason
（Ratio book series）
Blackwell, c2008
- : pbk
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"First published as volume 20, no. 4 of Ratio"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume discusses Wittgenstein's work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason.
Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy
Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer's Golden Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous 'rule-following considerations' from his Philosophical Investigations
Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the UK and continental Europe including Hanjo Glock, Genia Schoenbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin Wright
Contains a translation of an important paper by the French Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers by other contributors
Table of Contents
Preface vii
1 Wittgenstein's Critique of Frazer 1
Jacques Bouveresse
2 Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability 21
Hans-Johann Glock
3 'Back to the Rough Ground!' Wittgensteinian Reflections on Rationality and Reason 47
Jane Heal
4 Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious Language 65
Genia Schoenbaumsfeld
5 The Tightrope Walker 85
Severin Schroeder
6 Rules and Reason 107
Joachim Schulte
7 Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein's Quietism and the Constitutive Question 123
Crispin Wright
Index 145
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