Kierkegaard and the Mysticism of the Tractatus
Schoenbaumsfeld, Genia (2013) Kierkegaard and the Mysticism of the Tractatus. In, Sullivan, Peter and Potter, Michael (eds.) Wittgenstein's Tractatus, History and Interpretation. Oxford, GB, Oxford University Press.
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It is the object of this paper to investigate the parallels discernible between Wittgenstein’s Tractatus and Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous writings. While such attempts have, in the past, generally focussed on either trying to show that Kierkegaard’s notion of paradox is similar to Wittgenstein’s concept of the ineffable or that both thinkers seek to undermine the idea that there are things that cannot be put into words, I argue here that we must look for the affinities between the two philosophers in an altogether different place, namely, in Kierkegaard’s and Wittgenstein’s concerted endorsement of an anti-consequentialist, quasi-religious conception of ethics.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Philosophy Faculty of Humanities |
| Item ID: | 80105 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 14 May 2013 15:30 |
| Contributors: | Schoenbaumsfeld, Genia (Author) Sullivan, Peter (Editor) Potter, Michael (Editor) |
| Date: | February 2013 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80105 |
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