Aesthetics - Wittgenstein’s Paradigm of Philosophy?
This paper attempts to elucidate Wittgenstein’s remark about the “strange resemblance between a philosophical investigation (especially in mathematics) and an aesthetic one” from 1937 by looking at its textual and philosophical context. The conclusion is that the remark can be seen both as a descrip...
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| description | This paper attempts to elucidate Wittgenstein’s remark about the “strange resemblance between a philosophical investigation (especially in mathematics) and an aesthetic one” from 1937 by looking at its textual and philosophical context. The conclusion is that the remark can be seen both as a description of a particular conception of philosophy, a prescription or declaration of intent (to proceed in a particular way), and a reminder (to Wittgenstein himself) about the form of a philosophical investigation. Furthermore, it is concluded that the Darstellungsform he has in mind is the one that finds expression especially in the first part of the PI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4f3ab631dd747acb47439469ffd84f12022-12-22T03:19:49ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662013-05-0161Aesthetics - Wittgenstein’s Paradigm of Philosophy?Simo SääteläThis paper attempts to elucidate Wittgenstein’s remark about the “strange resemblance between a philosophical investigation (especially in mathematics) and an aesthetic one” from 1937 by looking at its textual and philosophical context. The conclusion is that the remark can be seen both as a description of a particular conception of philosophy, a prescription or declaration of intent (to proceed in a particular way), and a reminder (to Wittgenstein himself) about the form of a philosophical investigation. Furthermore, it is concluded that the Darstellungsform he has in mind is the one that finds expression especially in the first part of the PI.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/647Wittgensteinaestheticsmathematicsmethod |
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