A Custodian of Grammar

Essays on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Morphology

Kristijan Krkac (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

282 Seiten

2013
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5652-8 (ISBN)

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Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. This text discusses his philosophical method in his later period, sometimes referred to as morphology.

The nature of method has always been a topic at the very heart of western philosophical traditions, especially in the 20th century. One of the most influential philosophers of the last century, Ludwig Wittgenstein, changed not just his philosophical standpoint at least twice in his lifetime, but the very method of studying philosophy as well. A Custodian of Grammar discusses Wittgenstein's method in his later period, sometimes referred to as morphology. Krkac explores this topic from the primer of morphology and proceeds to more demanding and complicated topics, such as forms of life and perspicuous presentations. He also examines Wittgenstein's applications of his method, namely to consciousness, perception, and certainty. This book will be of interest to Wittgenstein scholars and to students investigating various philosophical methods of philosophy from the 20th century.

Kristijan Krkac, Ph.D., is a professor at Zagreb University, Croatia. He belongs to both the Zagreb School of Economics and Management and the Philosophical Faculty of the Society of Jesus. His interests and publications cover a wide range of subjects including pragmatism, epistemology, epistemology of religion, Ludwig Wittgenstein, ethics, political philosophy, and corporate social responsibility. He is the author of many Croatian works, such as Philosophy, Pragmatism, and Religion (2002), Wittgenstein's Pragmatism, (2003), Routine, Morality, and Pragmatism (2006), The Beginning of Democracy, Arguments for Refutation of Democracy as a Political Theory (2008), and Illegal Substances: an Essay in Trope and Process Ontology (2010, also written in English). He is the editor of two Croatian texts, An Introduction to Business Ethics and CSR (2007) and Introduction to Philosophy (2009). Krkac is also the co-editor of Business Ethics and CSR (2006, written in English with Dj. Njavro) and Ethics and Morality in Business Practice, from a special issue of the Social Responsibility Journal (2008, written in English with J. Debeljak).

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Sources
Abbreviations of works by Wittgenstein and used symbols
Introduction: Fighting windmills
Part One: Wittgenstein and philosophical morphology
Chapter 1. Philosophical morphology primer
Chapter 2. Wittgenstein the morphologist I: Perspicuous presentation (with Josip Lukin)
Chapter 3. Wittgenstein the morphologist II: Do not think, but look!
Chapter 4. Wittgenstein the morphologist III: A form of life is a form of culture (with Josip Lukin)
Part Two: Three applications - consciousness, certainty, and religion
Chapter 5. The nature of consciousness: Living human beings (with Josip Lukin)
Chapter 6. Anti-sceptical weapons I: Smells like pragmatism
Chapter 7. Anti-sceptical weapons II: Hinges, gyroscopes, and planets
Chapter 8. Anti-sceptical weapons III: Life and religion are full of colours
Bibliography
Index

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	458 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
ISBN-10	0-7618-5652-8 / 0761856528
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-5652-8 / 9780761856528
Zustand	Neuware