The Misfortunes of a Word-Watcher: A Reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child
I propose a reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child and show how her novel resonates with important themes in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, such as the idealization of language. I go on to highlight the ethical significance of such an idealization.
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| description | I propose a reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child and show how her novel resonates with important themes in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, such as the idealization of language. I go on to highlight the ethical significance of such an idealization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5cb681d7039145a5bc6b31dc22248b3c2022-12-21T19:16:18ZengPresses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeÉtudes Britanniques Contemporaines1168-49172020-12-015910.4000/ebc.9888The Misfortunes of a Word-Watcher: A Reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word ChildLayla RaïdI propose a reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child and show how her novel resonates with important themes in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, such as the idealization of language. I go on to highlight the ethical significance of such an idealization.http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/9888Murdoch (Iris)word childWittgenstein (Ludwig)philosophyethicsordinary language philosophy |
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| title | The Misfortunes of a Word-Watcher: A Reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child |
| title_full | The Misfortunes of a Word-Watcher: A Reading of Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child |
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