The Mystical in Wittgenstein's Early Writings
By James Atkinson
Published August 16th 2011 by Routledge – 158 pages
Series: Studies in Philosophy
Description
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.
Contents
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
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Description: By James Atkinson. 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...
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