Othello and the Problem of Knowledge - Reading Shakespeare Through Wittgenstein

This book analyses the epistemological problems that Shakespeare explores in Othello. In particular, it uses the methods of analytic philosophy, especially the work of the later Wittgenstein, to characterize these problems and the play.

List of contents

1. Shakespeare, Descartes, and Scepticism 2. Mind, Communication, and Deception 3. Deception, Soliloquy, and Knowledge 4. Epistemological Models of the Tragedy (I): Loss of Knowledge 5. Context, Scepticism, and the Philosophy Room 6. Epistemological Models of the Tragedy (II): Loss of Certainty 7. Certainty, Hinges, and the Counterfactual 8. Epilogue

About the author

Richard Gaskin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has published extensively in metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of literature, literary theory and criticism, and the classical tradition. His books include Language and World: A Defence of Linguistic Idealism (Routledge, 2020), Tragedy and Redress in Western Literature: A Philosophical Perspective (Routledge, 2018), and Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism (2013).

Summary

This book analyses the epistemological problems that Shakespeare explores in Othello. In particular, it uses the methods of analytic philosophy, especially the work of the later Wittgenstein, to characterize these problems and the play.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gaskin, Richard (University of Liverpool Gaskin, Gaskin Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032424934
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242493-4
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Routledge Research in Aesthetics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: general, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays