| Wittgensteinian Values: Philosophy, Religious Belief and Descriptivist Methodology Contributor(s): Vaughan Thomas, Emyr (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138716340 ISBN-13: 9781138716346 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $35.14 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Physical Information: (0.57 lbs) 142 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This title was first published in 2001. This work examines the self-renouncing dimension which Wittgensteinian philosophy subscribes to ethico-religious ideals. "Wittensteinian values" are explored through a range of literary and cultural illustrations from Wittgenstein's own European milieu. The book also highlights an alternative model of self-renouncing faith, which has methodological implications for how a Wittgensteinian descriptivist approach should be carried out. Wittgensteinian assumptions about the nature of self-renunciation, the religious believer's orientation to the world and the place of the metaphysical in religion are among some of the elements that need to be reappraised. |