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13Wittgenstein as Philosophical Tone-Poet: Philosophy and Music in DialogueEditions Rodopi. 2014.This book provides the first in-depth exploration of the importance of music for Ludwig Wittgenstein’s life and work. Wittgenstein’s remarks on music are essential for understanding his philosophy: they are on the nature of musical understanding, the relation of music to language, the concepts of representation and expression, on melody, irony and aspect-perception, and, on the great composers belonging to the Austrian-German tradition. Biography and philosophy, this work suggests that Wittgenst…Read more
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5Wittgenstein’s Reception of Wagner: Language, Music, and CultureIn Sascha Bru, Wolfgang Huemer & Daniel Steuer (eds.), Wittgenstein Reading, De Gruyter. pp. 171-196. 2013.
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98Wittgenstein Listens to Mahler: How to Do Philosophy and Compose Music in the Breakdown of Tradition?Dialogue 46 (1): 91-113. 2007.ABSTRACTThis article retrieves, situates, and interprets Ludwig Wittgenstein's overlooked remarks about the composer Gustav Mahler, and connects them with Wittgenstein's philosophical perspective and practice, as well as with his musical aesthetics.
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650Meaning through Pictures: Péter Forgács and Ludwig WittgensteinIn Bela Szabados (ed.), Wittgenstein at the Movies: Cinematic Investigations, Rowman and Littlefied. pp. 91-120. 2011.Chapter in Wittgenstein at the Movies, an in-depth explorations of two experimental films on Wittgenstein: Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein and Péter Forgács' Wittgenstein Tractatus.
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36Wittgenstein on 'Mistrusting One's Own Belief'Canadian Journal of Philosophy 11 (4). 1981.Can one mistrust one's own belief? Wittgenstein says ‘No.’ He remarks: ‘One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.’It is natural to think that this is not meant merely as a remark about our psychological abilities or inabilities; viz., that one can not, as a matter of psychological fact, help but trust one's own belief. Rather, one is inclined to take it as a ‘grammatical remark’ to the effect that it makes no sense to speak of trusting or mistrusting one's own belief.
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12Hypocricy and PrivacyJournal of Philosophical Research 27 601-618. 2002.Hypocrisy and privacy are commonly thought to be completely different, yet it turns out to be surprisingly difficult to distinguish them. We consider various ways in which they might be differentiated, especially the attempt to do so on the basis of their moral standing. We argue, by case and through discussion, that there is more moral ambiguity about each concept than generally acknowledged. Finally, we offer some additional speculations about the similarities and differences between the two, …Read more
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59Was Wittgenstein An Anti-Semite? The Signicance of Anti-Semitism for Wittgensteins PhilosophyCanadian Journal of Philosophy 29 (1): 1-27. 1999.pour l'autre en nous et parmi nousAn apologia seeks to cover up the revolutionary moments in the course of history. The establishment of continuity is dear to its heart. It only gives importance to those elements of a work that have already generated an after-effect. It misses those points at which the transmission breaks down and thus misses those jags and crags that offer a handhold to someone who wishes to move beyond them.I am all the same convinced that these notes [in Culture and Value] ca…Read more
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31The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (review)Dialogue 39 (2): 397-399. 2000.Caputo’s book is enigmatic. It is, on the one hand, a remorseless screed directed against those who proclaim to the world “the totalizing truth or logos that engulfs the other.” As such, it contains predictable characterizations of a variety of logocentric villains as historically disparate as Plato and the “Polish Pope, John Paul II,” in which their contributions to philosophical discourse are alternatively parodied and vilified as being hostile to that spirit of openness to the “toute autre,” …Read more
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45Wittgenstein’s WomenJournal of Philosophical Research 22 483-508. 1997.While Wittgenstein commentators dismiss his remarks on women and femininity as trivial and unworthy of attention, I focus exactly on what they consider parenthetical and of no philosophical value. First, I document Wittgenstein’s attitudes toward women and femininity, and subject his remarks to critical analysis. Secondly, I retrieve and explore some aspects of Otto Weininger’s influence on Wittgenstein. Thirdly, by introducing considerations of chronology and circumstance, I argue that while th…Read more
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42Wittgenstein and musical formalismPhilosophy 81 (4): 649-658. 2006.I argue that Wittgenstein was no lifelong musical formalist. I further contend that the attribution of musical formalism obscures, while the break with it I propose explains, the role that music played in the development of his philosophy of language. What is more, I sketch a perspective on the later Wittgenstein’s remarks on the music and musical understanding that supports my claims. Throughout my discussion, rather than assimilating Hanslick’s and Wittgenstein’s views on music, I point to sim…Read more
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J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 28 (4): 310-312. 2008.
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82Hypocrisy, Change of Mind, and Weakness of Will: How to Do Moral Philosophy with ExamplesMetaphilosophy 30 (1&2): 60-78. 1999.What are the differences between hypocrisy, change of mind, and weakness of will? Each typically involves a gap between word and deed, yet they do not seem morally equivalent. Moreover, they are intuitively different concepts, even though the conceptual boundaries between them are fuzzy. This paper explores diverse examples, attempting to identify elements which may be distinctive of each concept, with special attention to hypocrisy. It also provides a discussion of the appropriateness of such u…Read more
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23Hypocrisy: Ethical InvestigationsBroadview Press. 2004.What is a hypocrite? What role does hypocrisy play in our lives? Why is it thought to be such an ugly vice? Is it ever acceptable? What do we lose in our indifference to it? Hypocrisy: Ethical Investigations seeks to illuminate the concept of hypocrisy by exploring its multiple roles in our moral and political lives and struggles. The authors provide a critical examination of a wide range of perspectives on the nature, varieties, and significance of hypocrisy, arguing that it is a key concept in…Read more
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66Embarrassment and Self-EsteemJournal of Philosophical Research 15 341-349. 1990.Emotions are in as a philosophical topic. Yet the recent literature is bent on grand theorizing rather than attempting to explore particular emotions and their roles in our lives. In this paper, I aim to remedy this situation a little by exploring the emotion of embarrassment. First, I critically examine R.C. Solomon’s conceptual sketch and try to distinguish “embarrassment” from “shame”, “humiliation” and “being amused”. Secondly, I argue that “private embarrassment” is a coherent and useful id…Read more
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1Norman Malcolm, Wittgenstein: A Religious Point of View? Edited with a Response by Peter Winch Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 15 (3): 190-192. 1995.
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43Wittgenstein on Self-Deception in Science, Psychology and PhilosophyWittgenstein-Studien 4 (1). 2013.
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27Reading Wittgenstein (on) Reading An IntroductionIn David G. Stern & Béla Szabados (eds.), Wittgenstein Reads Weininger, Cambridge University Press. pp. 1. 2004.
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1Susan B. Brill, Wittgenstein and Critical Theory: Beyond Postmodernism and Towards Descriptive Investigations Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 15 (5): 312-313. 1995.
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Philosophy of Mind |
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20th Century Philosophy |