
Investigating Wittgenstein
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Philip Rose
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Giles Fraser
Curious, confounding and brilliant, Wittgenstein is a philosopher whom people find it easy to get obsessed with. In Investigating Wittgenstein, Giles Fraser explores the secrets of his attraction.
The How to Believe series explores the teachings, philosophies and beliefs of major thinkers and religious texts. In a short, easy-to-access format, leading writers present new understandings of these perennially important ideas.
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Organized in seven roughly five-minute chapters, Giles Fraser uses a few ideas from Wittgenstein to point out instability in the otherwise robust Western ideology running from Medieval Catholicism to Modern Secularism.
Western Culture sees much but also presumes much, ignoring the light of Nature it cannot see. Wittgenstein, inspired by Goethe, seems to rejects philosophy as narrow in its knowledge. Reality goes beyond the limits of language, and language is woefully limited. Our problem is not that of making an argument but that of sense and perception.
It seems that Wittgenstein portends a certain decay and death arising from our pretentious belief in partial and universal values that claim immortality for their finite existence. We must expand our consciousness. If this takes the form of seeing God in the abyss, so be it.
What seest thou, else?
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Interesting and concise.
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Kind of brief
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It wasn't all that convincing an argument for theism. It was less informative than my 15 minutes searching Google.
I was far from impressed.
Religious apologetics not philosophy. :/
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Good
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Interesting But Author's Christian Focus Seems TMI
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(evidently "a review requires at least 15 words")
((ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, aaaaad...))
best. EXTREMELY. short. survey. of. Wittgenstein.
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This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
As other reviewers have noted, this is an odd book, perhaps expanded from a paper or a memoir by someone who had been obsessed with Wittgenstein earlier in life and then, at some later time, had to resolve that with a conversion to strong Christianity. If you are looking for a relatively brief overview of Wittgenstein's life and work, consider Bartley's "Wittgenstein". This book is an unusual hybrid of memoir, Christian theology, and selected portions of Wittgenstein's work, sewn together into a short book that doesn't have a clear purpose or audience.Has Investigating Wittgenstein turned you off from other books in this genre?
Nope.If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Investigating Wittgenstein?
Nothing against the author, who seems very smart, but I don't think I'd have published this book at all. I don't understand the theme of it. If some of the personal stuff had been taken out, it might be part of a long textbook at a Christian university on resolving Western philosophy to Christian theology.Any additional comments?
Sorry, I do not recommend this book.Not sure what this book is.
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