Overview
Tracks the inception and evolution of Wittgenstein's thought on colour throughout his career
Extends the discussion on the role of colour within philosophy through it's focused treatment
Moves towards bridging the divide between analytic and continental philosophy in it's analysis of Wittgenstein's thought
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents and discusses the varying and seminal role which colour plays in the development of Wittgenstein’s philosophy. Having once said that “Colours spur us to philosophize”, the theme of colour was one to which Wittgenstein returned constantly throughout his career. Ranging from his Notebooks, 1914-1916 and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to the posthumously published Remarks on Colours and On Certainty, this book explores how both his view of philosophical problems generally and his view on colours specifically changed considerably over time. Paying particular attention to his so-called intermediary period, it takes a case-based approach to the presentation of colour in texts from this period, from Some Remarks on Logical Form and Philosophical Remarks to his Big Typescript.
Reviews
“Even though Wittgenstein’s treatment of colour is pivotal in his philosophy, there are only a few studies on the topic. Featuring inspiring essays by leading scholars in this area, Silva’s collection is a remarkable contribution to rescue the epistemological and logical significance of a major philosophy of colour.” (Nuno Venturinha, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal)
“This volume addresses a significant gap in the existing, easily available literature on Wittgenstein. Not least because it concerns a Wittgenstein who is not represented by his two main books, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical Investigations. Most of the papers here concern a key strand of the crucial and fascinating 'middle period' of Wittgenstein's philosophical development, including his 'phenomenological' period, between his return to philosophy in 1929 and the shift a few years later towards that extraordinary mode of philosophising that issued in the Philosophical Investigations. That strand of course is colour, for example how to make sense of propositions like nothing can be black and white and a red all over, how to dovetail an account of their apparent necessity with the equally apparent fact that it is not a logical tautology (or generalisation of a tautology). The connection of this work of 1929-1933 and the late, better known work on colour of 1949-51 is also explored, and the volume features a diverse range of scholars from around the world without harming its focus. "Colours", goes the first line of the Editor's Introduction, "are so familiar that we cannot help wondering why they can be so troublesome and enigmatic.” (Gary Kemp, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Glasgow, UK)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Colours in the development of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy
Editors: Marcos Silva
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56919-2
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: 978-3-319-56918-5Published: 11 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86035-0Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56919-2Published: 01 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 380
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Aesthetics, Logic, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind