Wittgenstein and Plato [electronic resource] : Connections, Comparisons and Contrasts /
Perissinotto, Luigi.author.
Ramón Cámara, Begoña.author.
Ramón-Cámara, B.editor.
Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses. Here well-known scholars of Wittgenstein and Plato illuminate the relationship between the two philosophers both philologically and philosophically, and provide new interpretation keys of two of the leading figures of Western thought.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""List of Greek Terms""; ""1 Wittgensteinâ€?s Debt to Plato""; ""2 Wittgenstein Reads Plato""; ""3 â€?The Socratic Method!â€?: Wittgenstein and Plato""; ""4 The Scales and the Compass of Philosophy: Wittgenstein in the Mirror of Plato""; ""5 Knowing Where to Turn: Analogy, Method and Literary Form in Plato and Wittgenstein""; ""6 Writing and Communicating Philosophy: Consonances between Plato and Wittgenstein""; ""7 The World Seen Sub Specie Aeternitatis: Wittgensteinâ€?s Platonism""
""8 Plato, Wittgenstein and the Origins of Language""""9 Plato, Wittgenstein and the Definition of Games""; ""10 Wittgenstein, Plato and the â€?Craving for Generalityâ€?""; ""11 On Philosophyâ€?s (Lack of) Progress: From Plato to Wittgenstein (and Rawls)""; ""12 How Wittgenstein Refused to Be â€?The Son Ofâ€?""; ""13 Radical Enlightenment Optimism: Socrates and Wittgenstein""; ""Analytical Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses. Here well-known scholars of Wittgenstein and Plato illuminate the relationship between the two philosophers both philologically and philosophically, and provide new interpretation keys of two of the leading figures of Western thought.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Plato.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Epistemology.
Modern philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Language and languages-Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Classical Philosophy.
Epistemology.
Modern Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy of Language.
History of Philosophy.