In Search of a New Humanism

1. Introduction: von Wright and “Dante’s Dream”: Stages in a Philosophical Pilgrim’s Progress.- I. Von Wright: Interpreter of Wittgenstein and the Analytic Tradition.- 2. Wittgenstein and Tradition.- 3. Wittgenstein in Relation to Our Times.- 4. What is Analytical Philosophy?.- 5. “In the Beginning was the Deed”: The Private Language Argument.- 6. Naturalism, World and Truth.- 7. What Wittgenstein Wrote.- 8. von Wright on On Certainty.- 9. Morphology in Wittgenstein.- II. Modes of Practical Rationality: Actions, Intentions, and Will.- 10. The Logical Connection Argument Again.- 11. Actions, Causes, and Supervenience.- 12. Justice, Cooperation, and the “Golden Rule”.- 13. von Wright on Mind-Body Problem.- 14. The Conflict between the Static and the Dynamic Theory of Time in its Relation to von Wright’s Work and to Human Freedom.- 15. W. James’ Defence of Free Will: A Step Toward a Paradigm Shift.- 16. Is Determinism Impossible?.- III. Philosophical Logic and Normative Discourse.- 17. The Significance of Philosophical Logic.- 18. A Remark about the Principle of “Ought Entails Can”: von Wright and Kant.- 19. The Decidability of Syllogism.- 20. Dynamic Ideas in Quantum Logic.- 21. True or False Statements in Normative Discourse.- 22. “Norm Proposition”: A Tentative Defense of a Sceptical View.- 23. Three Levels of Deontics.- 24. “Sollen” Between Semantics and Pragmatics.- Selected Bibliography.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.