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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Iczkovits, Y

Titel

Wittgenstein's Ethical Thought

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 Ludwig Wittgenstein is not generally regarded an ethical thinker. He is typically taken to be preoccupied with themes in the philosophy of language and mind that are presumed to be external to or independent of ethics. But there has, in recent years, been a growing tendency to see his preoccupation with these topics as having significant implications for ethics. This book offers a systematic account of Wittgenstein's unique ethical thought, both in his early and in his later writings. It challenges the widespread view that Wittgenstein had a vision of language and subsequently a vision of ethics by showing how the two are actually integrated in his work on meaning and his philosophical method per se. This significant integration retrieves the interdependence of grammar and ethics, and allows us to reframe traditional problems in moral philosophy that are presumed to be external to questions of meaning. 04 02 Acknowledgements Introduction The Rungs of the 'Ethical' Ladder Philosophical Imaginations On Certainty and Honesty World-Picture and World-View The Reality of What is Said Bibliography Index 19 02 A full and accessible exploration of the ethical dimension of Wittgenstein's philosophy Contributes to scholarly understanding of some of Wittgenstein's key works including On Certainty New interpretation of 'private language' sections of Wittgenstein's work The book is original in challenging the widespread and quite acceptable view that Wittgenstein had a vision of language and subsequently a vision of ethics by showing how the two are actually integrated in his philosophical method per se 02 02 Exploring the ethical dimension of Wittgenstein's thought, Iczkovits challenges the view that Wittgenstein had a vision of language and subsequently a vision of ethics, showing how the two are integrated in his philosophical method, and allowing us to reframe traditional problems in moral philosophy considered as external to questions of meaning. 13 02 YANIV ICZKOVITS Post-doctoral researcher at Columbia University, USA, and the New School for Social Research. He has been researching and teaching Wittgenstein and early twentieth century moral philosophy for the past ten years. Iczkovits is a published writer whose books are translated to several languages, and a political activist for human and animal rights. 31 02 An original and accessible exploration of the ethical dimension of Wittgenstein's philosophy focusing on On Certainty