Tag: "Wittgenstein"

Bewitched

Following on from our Wittgenstein special last issue, Brandon Absher shows how Wittgenstein’s style of therapeutic philosophy can help us be more attentive in our use of language in everyday contexts.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007: Articles]

Don’t Panic! It’s the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Mathias Brochhausen envisages Wittgenstein Hitchhiking around the Galaxy.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

Tractatus 7.1: Translation and Silence

Peter Caws considers how much is lost in translation.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

The Private Language Argument

Richard Floyd explains a notorious example of Wittgenstein’s public thought.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

Peter Hacker

Peter Hacker is the leading Wittgenstein scholar at Oxford. Li Hong asked him about Wittgenstein and analytic philosophy.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Interview]

Pictures and Nonsense

Mark Jago looks at Wittgenstein’s first theory of language, in the Tractatus. One of the conclusions of this theory is that the theory in the Tractatus is nonsense…
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

Witt & Wisdom

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Editorial]

Wittgenstein: A Wonderful Life

Tim Madigan on logic, language and mysticism in the life of one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

The Wittgenstein Archive

Bob Plant and Peter Baumann relate some lesser-known anecdotes about the great man and his acolytes.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

Bill’s Philosophy Songs

Bill Welton rewrites some familiar songs to give them philosophy appeal – including some carols for Christmas.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Poetry]