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Ludwig Wittgenstein once said to a friend, "I am not a religious man: but I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point of view." This puzzling, but intriguing remark is the focus of Norman Malcolm's essay, which forms the centerpiece of this three-part work. Malcolm first draws together a large and illuminating collection of remarks made by Wittgenstein at various stages of his life and in many different contexts that express his attitude toward religion. He discusses some of the ways in which Wittgenstein was drawn to religious modes of thinking and speculates concerning the barriers which kept him from full religious commitment. With great vigor he discusses what be considers the most important features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and the nature of and reasons for the changes which took place in his thinking between Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigation. He concludes by offering four analogies between Wittgenstein's philosophical methods and his religions attitudes generally. Peter Winch, who opens the volume with an introduction that places Malcolm's essay in the context of his other writings, concludes with a substantial critique of the proposed analogies and suggests an alternative reading of the "spiritual" dimension in Wittgenstein's inquiries.
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Malcolm first draws together an illuminating collection of remarks on religion made by Wittgenstein at different stages of his life and in various contexts. He explores some of the ways in which Wittgenstein was attracted to religious modes of thinking and speculates about the barriers that kept him from full religious commitment. He concludes by offering four analogies between Wittgenstein's philosophical methods and his religious attitudes generally.
Review:
'The whole volume stands as a moving tribute to a fruitful intellectual friendship.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'A valuable and insightful debate on the motivations and directions underlying Wittgenstein's thought, and a welcome and needed addition to Wittgensteinian commentary.' - Choice
'A valuable and insightful debate on the motivations and directions underlying Wittgenstein's thought, and a welcome and needed addition to Wittgensteinian commentary.' - Choice
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0415135478
- ISBN 13 9780415135474
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages152
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