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20Methods of Interpreting Plato and his Dialogues (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1992.In this supplementary volume, a number of renowned scholars of Plato reflect upon their interpretive methods. Topics covered include the use of ancient authorities in interpreting Plato's dialogues, Plato's literary and rhetorical style, his arguments and characters, and his use of the dialogue form. The collection is not intended as a comprehensive survey of methodological approaches; rather it offers a number of different perspectives and clearly articulated interpretations by leading scholars…Read more
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19Ludwig Wittgenstein: Public and Private Occasions (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2003.For Wittgenstein, philosophy was an on-going activity. Only in his dialog with the philosophical community and in his private moments does Wittgenstein's philosophical practice fully come to light
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19When are ideologies irreconcilable? Case studies in diachronic anthropologyPhilosophical Investigations 21 (3). 1998.
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18Tractatus in Context: Some HighlightsIn Friedrich Stadler (ed.), Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: 100 Years After the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Springer Verlag. pp. 53-66. 2023.Wittgenstein’s Tractatus is one of the most important philosophical works of the Twentieth Century, yet it is brief and offers little orientation for the reader. This causes two problems: The first-time reader is left wondering what it could be about, and often leaves off reading in frustration after a few pages. The scholar is left with little guidance for interpretation. This paper recounts selected material from my book Tractatus in Context. While the book includes familiar material from Witt…Read more
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15Wittgenstein on Non-Mediative CausalityJournal of the History of Philosophy 37 (4): 653-667. 1999.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Wittgenstein on Non-Mediative CausalityJames C. KlaggeIn the late autumn of 1947 Wittgenstein dictated a selection of manuscript material to a typist1 that contains some remarks so striking that they merit extensive quotation:903. No supposition seems to me more natural than that there is no process in the brain correlated with associating or with thinking; so that it would be impossible to read off thought-processes from brain-proce…Read more
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13Marx’s Realms of ‘Freedom’ and ‘Necessity’Canadian Journal of Philosophy 16 (4): 769-777. 1986.In 1844 Marx held that labor alienation was wholly eliminable, primarily through the abolition of private property. Work in the context of private property was alienating because it was performed for wages and the production of exchange-value. With such purposes, work was experienced as selfish and forced. With the abolition of private property, work would be performed for the production of use-¥alue, to satisfy human needs. With this human purpose, work would be experienced as a free and fulfil…Read more
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13Wittgenstein Lectures, RevisitedNordic Wittgenstein Review 8 (1-2): 11-82. 2019.In 2003 I published a survey of Wittgenstein’s lectures in Public and Private Occasions. Much has been learned about his lectures since then. This paper revisits the earlier survey and provides additional material and corrections, which amount to over 25%. In case it is useful, I have provided interlinear pagination from the original publication.
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12Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosoph (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2001.This collection of essays deals with the relationship between Wittgenstein's life and his philosophy. The first two essays reflect on general problems inherent in philosophical biography itself. The essays that follow draw on recently published letters as well as recently published diaries from the 1930s to explore Wittgenstein's background as an engineer and its relation to the Tractatus, the impact of his schizoid personality on his approach to philosophy, his role as a diarist, letter-writer …Read more
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11Book Review:Philosophical Perspectives, 6: Ethics, 1992. James E. Tomberlin (review)Ethics 105 (2): 409-. 1995.
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11Rationalism, Supervenience, and Moral EpistemologySouthern Journal of Philosophy 29 (S1): 25-28. 1991.
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11Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2001.This collection of essays deals with the relationship between Wittgenstein's life and his philosophy. The first two essays reflect on general problems inherent in philosophical biography itself. The essays that follow draw on recently published letters as well as recently published diaries from the 1930s to explore Wittgenstein's background as an engineer and its relation to the Tractatus, the impact of his schizoid personality on his approach to philosophy, his role as a diarist, letter-writer …Read more
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11Is Wittgenstein Still an Analytic Philosopher?In Paola Cantù & Georg Schiemer (eds.), Logic, Epistemology, and Scientific Theories – From Peano to the Vienna Circle, Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 267-281. 2023.If Socrates were asked “Is Wittgenstein Still an Analytic Philosopher?” he would first want to know the definition of “analytic philosophy.” Hanjo Glock has done an excellent job trying to offer a family-resemblance account, that connects with the method and content of Wittgenstein’s work and its origins. I will look at some further factors—Wittgenstein’s aims and his impact. When we include these considerations, we are led to wonder whether Wittgenstein is still an analytic philosopher.
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6Wittgenstein, Frazer, and TemperamentIn Aidan Seery, Josef G. F. Rothhaupt & Lars Albinus (eds.), Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer: The Text and the Matter, De Gruyter. pp. 233-248. 2016.
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5Wittgenstein's artillery: philosophy as poetryThe MIT Press. 2021.Original interpretation of Wittgenstein's life and work. Argues that W's military experience in WWI subtly influenced his conception of how philosophy should be understood and practiced.
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3Moral Properties: Foundation of the Metaphysics of MoralsDissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. 1983.I formulate and defend a realist theory of the truth of moral judgements according to which moral properties are synthetically but necessarily determined by natural properties of people, actions, or states of affairs. This view can be found in Moore's later ethical writings. The view reconciles two apparently conflicting intuitions: Moral properties supervene upon natural properties, but judgements about moral properties are generally not entailed by any judgements about natural properties. The …Read more
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2Methods of Interpreting Plato and His Dialogues: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Supplementary Volume, 1992 (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 1992.Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books. In this supplementary volume, a number of renowned scholars of Plato reflect upon their interpretative methods. Topics covered include the use of ancient authorities in interpreting Plato's dialogues, Plato's literary and rhetorical style, his arguments and characters, and his use of the dialogue form. The collection i…Read more
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1Collection of articles concerning methods of inerpreting Plato's works.
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David Stern and Béla Szabados, eds., Wittgenstein Reads Weininger Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 25 (6): 439-441. 2005.
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Robert Merrihew Adams, A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 29 (4): 233-235. 2009.
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Wittgenstein's Community'In Uwe Meixner Peter Simons (ed.), Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Age, Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. pp. 7--1. 1999.
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Philosophical Occasions: 1912-1951 (edited book)Hackett Publishing Company. 1993.An essential resource for students of Wittgenstein, this collection contains faithful, in some cases expanded and corrected, versions of many important pieces never before available in a single volume, including Notes for the 'Philosophical Lecture', published here for the first time. Fifteen selections, with bi-lingual versions of those originally written in German, span the development of Wittgenstein's thought, his range of interests, and his methods of philosophical investigation. Short intr…Read more
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Timothy Chappell, ed. Values and Virtues: Aristotelianism in Contemporary Ethics Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 28 (2): 96-98. 2008.
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Wittgenstein and his students : 1929-1933In David G. Stern (ed.), Wittgenstein in the 1930s: Between the Tractatus and the Investigations, Cambridge University Press. 2018.
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David Stern and Béla Szabados, eds., Wittgenstein Reads Weininger (review)Philosophy in Review 25 439-441. 2005.
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