Overview
- Takes a new aesthetic approach to Wittgenstein’s later philosophy
- Presents grammatical investigation as philosophical improvisation
- Shows the creativity, humour, and imagination in Wittgenstein’s writings
Part of the book series: Nordic Wittgenstein Studies (NRWS, volume 1)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a study of Wittgenstein’s descriptive, improvisational, and performative art of philosophical investigation. In addition to clarifying the nature of Wittgenstein’s grammatical investigations, this study highlights several neglected aspects of his work: its humour and playfulness, its collaborative nature, and its emphasis on the imagination. These aspects often become distorted under the pressure of theory and argumentation, resulting in interpretations that equate grammatical investigation with confession, therapy, or a common sense view of the world. After presenting Wittgenstein’s art of investigation in part one, this study challenges these dominant and influential interpretations in part two.
The volume examines Wittgenstein’s mottos, forewords, and dedications. It looks at the art of his philosophical and grammatical investigations, linking it to drama and improvisation. The book discusses the complexity and subtlety of Wittgenstein’s response to Augustine in the opening of the Investigations, and Wittgenstein’s response to Moore’s defence of common sense in On Certainty. The book also examines three kinds of therapeutic readings: those that compare Wittgenstein’s philosophy to psychoanalysis, those that compare his philosophy to therapy generally, and those that describe philosophy itself as an illness or as the cause of illness.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Beth Savickey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Wittgenstein's Art of Investigation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wittgenstein’s Investigations
Book Subtitle: Awakening the Imagination
Authors: Beth Savickey
Series Title: Nordic Wittgenstein Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45310-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45308-8Published: 16 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83265-4Published: 08 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45310-1Published: 08 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2520-1514
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1522
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 154
Topics: Philosophy, general, Semantics