Ends of Life: Forms of Life as the “Ruins of an Enduring Fable”?
This paper addresses the possibility of using the Wittgensteinian conception of “forms of life” (“<i>Lebensformen</i>”) as a potentially transformative philosophical framework that responds to contemporary challenges. These challenges can be understood as resulting from parallel discours...
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| description | This paper addresses the possibility of using the Wittgensteinian conception of “forms of life” (“<i>Lebensformen</i>”) as a potentially transformative philosophical framework that responds to contemporary challenges. These challenges can be understood as resulting from parallel discourses of “ends”: that of “nature” and that of the “human”. These challenges are relevant, especially, for a Cavellian interpretation of Wittgensteinian <i>Lebensformen</i> as an expression of cultural and natural factors. My purpose is to show how Cavell’s elaboration of Wittgensteinian <i>Lebensformen</i> can be maintained against the critical pressures exerted by prevailing discourses of ends. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e6cb050bc164e11a826fab9d42b43fe2024-04-03T08:01:15ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872023-05-01834610.3390/philosophies8030046Ends of Life: Forms of Life as the “Ruins of an Enduring Fable”?Edward Guetti0Department of Philosophy and Religion, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USAThis paper addresses the possibility of using the Wittgensteinian conception of “forms of life” (“<i>Lebensformen</i>”) as a potentially transformative philosophical framework that responds to contemporary challenges. These challenges can be understood as resulting from parallel discourses of “ends”: that of “nature” and that of the “human”. These challenges are relevant, especially, for a Cavellian interpretation of Wittgensteinian <i>Lebensformen</i> as an expression of cultural and natural factors. My purpose is to show how Cavell’s elaboration of Wittgensteinian <i>Lebensformen</i> can be maintained against the critical pressures exerted by prevailing discourses of ends.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/8/3/46WittgensteinCavellforms of lifeAnthropoceneTranscendentalism |
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| title | Ends of Life: Forms of Life as the “Ruins of an Enduring Fable”? |
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| topic | Wittgenstein Cavell forms of life Anthropocene Transcendentalism |
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