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Wittgenstein on Aesthetic Understanding

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Editors:
  1. Garry L. Hagberg

    1. Bard College, US, Rhinebeck, USA

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  • Provides readers with an up-to-date and contemporary analysis of Wittgenstein's philosophy
  • Explores numerous facets of the nature and character of aesthetic experience
  • Brings together authoritative work from leading Wittgenstein scholars

Part of the book series: Philosophers in Depth (PID)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Aesthetic Dimension of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Aesthetic Dimension of Wittgenstein’s Later Writings

      • William Day
      Pages 3-29

    3. Improvisation and Imagination in Wittgenstein’s Investigations

      • Beth Savickey
      Pages 31-60

    4. Wittgenstein, Music, and the Philosophy of Culture

      • Garry L. Hagberg
      Pages 61-95

  5. Experiencing Art and Perceiving Persons: An Intimate Connection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
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    2. The Philosophy of the Face

      • Bernard Rhie
      Pages 305-327

    3. Seeing Stars: the Reception and Ontology of Movie Stars

      • David Goldblatt
      Pages 329-354

    4. If an Artwork Could Speak: Aesthetic Understanding After Wittgenstein

      • Constantine Sandis
      Pages 355-382

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 383-394
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About this book

This book investigates the significance of Wittgenstein’s philosophy for aesthetic understanding. Focusing on the aesthetic elements of Wittgenstein’s philosophical work, the authors explore connections to contemporary currents in aesthetic thinking and the illuminating power of Wittgenstein’s philosophy when considered in connection with the interpretation of specific works of literature, music, and the arts. Taken together, the chapters presented here show what aesthetic understanding consists of and the ways we achieve it, how it might be articulated, and why it is important. At a time of strong renewal of interest in Wittgenstein’s contributions to the philosophy of mind and language, this book offers insight into the connections between philosophical-psychological and linguistic issues and the understanding of the arts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bard College, US, Rhinebeck, USA

    Garry L. Hagberg

About the editor

Garry L. Hagberg is the James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bard College, USA, and has also been Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK. Author of numerous papers at the intersection of aesthetics and the philosophy of language, his books include: Meaning and Interpretation: Wittgenstein, Henry James, and Literary Knowledge; Art as Language: Wittgenstein, Meaning, and Aesthetic Theory; and Describing Ourselves: Wittgenstein and Autobiographical Consciousness. He is editor of Art and Ethical Criticism and of Fictional Characters, Real Problems: The Search for Ethical Content in Literature, co-editor of A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature, and Editor of the journal Philosophy and Literature. He is presently writing a new book on the contribution literary experience makes to the formation of self and sensibility, Living in Words: Literature, Autobiographical Language, and the Composition of Selfhood.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wittgenstein on Aesthetic Understanding

  • Editors: Garry L. Hagberg

  • Series Title: Philosophers in Depth

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40910-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40909-2Published: 17 August 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82215-0Published: 12 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40910-8Published: 22 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2947-552X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-5538

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 394

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Aesthetics, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Arts

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