Mystical in Wittgenstein's Early Writings

Informationen zum Autor James R. Atkinson Klappentext The aim of this book is to consider what reasonably follows from the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson intends to elucidate Wittgenstein's thoughts on the mystical in his early writings as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self. Zusammenfassung This book considers the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson elucidates Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the mystical as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Self-subsistence and Method Chapter 2: What cannot be put into Words, Method and Mysticism Chapter 3: Language, Method and Mysticism Chapter 4: Showing and Wittgenstein’s Two Objections to Russell’s Theory of Types Chapter 5: Two Senses of Showing Chapter 6: The Mystical and Showing Chapter 7: Time and The Mystical Chapter 8: Mysticism and the Problems of Philosophy Chapter 9: Nonsense and Two Interpretations of the Tractatus Chapter 10: Metaphysics and the Mystical Chapter 11: The Mystical and the Meaning of Life Conclusion: Silence Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: James Atkinson, James (Vancouver Island University Atkinson, James R. Atkinson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780415963442
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96344-2
• No. of pages: 158
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -