Wittgenstein on Internal and External Relations - Jakub Mácha

Wittgenstein on Internal and External Relations

Tracing all the Connections

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Buch | Hardcover
262 Seiten
2015
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-4214-1 (ISBN)
159,95 inkl. MwSt
Does Wittgenstein’s method of analysis rest on the distinction between internal and external relations?

Approaching Wittgenstein’s writings from a new perspective, Wittgenstein on Internal and External Relations focuses on how Wittgenstein distinguishes between relations that are grounded in the nature of their related terms, internal, and those which belong to them accidentally, external.

This original approach reveals the difference to be one of the most fundamental distinctions that Wittgenstein drew in his writings. Working chronologically, it summarizes the philosophical background against which the distinction emerged, addressing Hegel, Bradley, Russell and Moore. Dealing with Wittgenstein’s early and later writings, it distils definitions of the notions of internal and external relations and offers its applications, before concluding with the rationale for Wittgenstein’s method of analysis.

Making a valuable contribution to Wittgenstein scholarship, Wittgenstein on Internal and External Relations presents significant new insights into his relationship with Russell and Moore and shows how internal and external relations inform his entire philosophical approach.

Jakub Mácha is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Preface and acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Part I: Introduction
1. Wittgenstein’s method of analysis: “I’ll teach you differences.”
2. Why relations matter
3. What is wrong with the internal/external distinction
Part II. Prelude
4. Hegelianism and British idealism
5. Russell and Moore
Part III. Wittgenstein’s early writings
6. Definitions of the internal/external distinction in the early writings
7. The Doctrine of External Relations
8. The nature of simple objects
9. The picture theory
Part IV. Wittgenstein’s later writings
10. Definitions of the internal/external distinction in the later writings
11. Intentionality
12. Reason, motive, and cause
13. Rules and their applications
14. Mathematics
15. Colors
16. The standard meter
17. Aspect-seeing and philosophy of psychology
18. Aesthetics and art
Part V. Conclusion
19. Internal relations as imperatives
20. The maxim of no reflexive uses of internal relations
Bibliography
Index

Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 572 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10 1-4742-4214-6 / 1474242146
ISBN-13 978-1-4742-4214-1 / 9781474242141
Zustand Neuware
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