Ludwig Wittgenstein--a cultural point of view
Subtitle: philosophy in the darkness of this time
By: William James DeAngelis
Series: Ashgate Wittgensteinian studies
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780754660002
Subjects: Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-183) and index
Table of contents: value: Preface; value: Introduction : Wittgenstein and 'the darkness of this time'; value: Spengler's influence on Wittgenstein : a first approximation; value: Wittgenstein's Spenglerian assessment of his time; value: Philosophy for a time of civilization : Spenglerian Desiderata and the Investigations; value: The investigations as a philosophy of culture; value: Religious inexpressibility : continuity and change from Wittgenstein's early to late views; value: A religious viewpoint in Wittgenstein's later writings? : Norman Malcolm's four analogies; value: Was Wittgenstein a Spenglerian atheist?